Winter Fantasy Snowflake Cupcakes
Best-selling authors of the book Hello, Cupcake!, Karen Tack & Alan Richardson, spent a few days with us creating one-of-a-kind beauties that you can make at home—no special tools or talents required. Just bake your favorite cupcakes, have your favorite vanilla icing on hand and HAVE FUN!24 ServingsPrep: 1 hour + chilling
Ingredients
- 1 to 2 cans vanilla frosting (16 ounces each)
- Cupcakes of your choice
- SNOWFLAKE:
- Clear decorating sugar
- Pencil, paper, scissors and waxed paper
- White candy coating
- Blue decorating sugar and edible glitter
Directions
- Frost cupcakes, reserving some frosting for decorating as desired.
- For snowflake cupcakes: Place clear decorating sugar in a small
- shallow bowl; roll top edge of each cupcake in sugar to form a
- decorative rim. Set aside.
- With a pencil and paper, draw assorted snowflake designs. Cut into
- individual patterns. Melt candy coating in a microwave-safe bowl;
- stir until smooth. Transfer to a resealable plastic bag; cut a small
- hole in corner of bag. Place waxed paper over the drawings and pipe
- candy coating over designs. Sprinkle with blue decorating sugar and
- edible glitter. Refrigerate until set.
- Gently lift candy flakes from waxed paper; arrange snowflakes on
- cupcakes. Sprinkle with additional edible glitter.
- Yield: varies.