Recipe: Back to School Cupcakes
This adorable bus will make everyone want to "get on board" for the first day of school! Back to School Cupcakes are a cinch to make and fun for all ages. Enjoy!
—Taste of Home Food Styling Team
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Follow these steps to make the bus:
Step 1
On a covered cake board, place a row of five cupcakes for top of bus. Arrange six cupcakes each in the second and third rows. Follow with a row of five cupcakes.
Step 2
Tint 2-1/2 cups vanilla frosting yellow; carefully spread over cupcakes.
Step 3
Spread vanilla frosting over cupcakes as desired for windows. Place a chocolate wafer on each tire; attach a miniature sandwich cookie hubcap with frosting.
Step 4
Tint a small amount of vanilla frosting black and a small amount red; set aside. Pipe outlines and desired details onto bus with black frosting.
Step 5
Place a vanilla wafer in each window. Tint remaining frosting as desired. Pipe faces on vanilla wafers; pipe hair, hats and shirts as desired.
Step 6
Spread red frosting onto cupcakes for stop sign and taillights. Fill in headlights with coarse sugar.
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