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Mother’s Day cupcakes flower basket with handle

Thursday, May 7th, 2009

Mother's Day basket cupcake with handle

Mother's Day basket cupcake with handle

Here’s a pretty basket for Mother’s Day that includes a cute handle made from licorice.

What You Need: 1 cupcake; yellow frosting; shaved coconut tinted green; large confetti sprinkles (these are by Wilton); small candies or mini M&MS; colored licorice stick (this is a Twizzlers Rainbow Twist).

How to Make It: Frost cupcake. Arrange large confetti sprinkles in flower shape, with five petals each, and place smaller candy in the center. Fill in with tinted coconut. Insert ends of licorice in either side of cupcake for handle.

Mother’s Day cupcakes flower basket

Wednesday, May 6th, 2009

Mother's Day cupcake

Mother's Day cupcake

Most moms would love to be presented with tasty, pretty cupcakes on Mother’s Day. But if you’re not up for fancy basketweave cake decorating techniques, try these easy flower basket cupcakes.

What You Need: 1 cupcake; chocolate icing; shaved coconut tinted green; candy flowers (any kind).

How to Make It: Frost cupcake. Carefully position coconut grass in a dome shape so that what’s left (the brown background) is in the shape of a basket with handle. Add flowers and you’re done!