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Cupcake garden bugs, how-to

Just like the cupcake flower pots, these are the same just…gross.

ingredients:
chocolate cupcakes (recipe, here)
ganache
sugared flowers
cleaned flower pots

You can make these with any chocolate cupcake, you just want to get a ‘dirt’ like look for the top. So I used a Chocolate Chip Mascarpone Cupcake with a chocolate ganache. The ganache is perfect, not only in flavor, but for setting the decorations on. I didn’t want the flowers to get lost in a mass of frosting.

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Sure you can use plastic bugs as decoration, but I liked the idea of the gross bugs being edible. I went to my local cake and candy supply store and along with sugar flowers they had ladybugs, ants and some gross centipedes.

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The kids were thrilled with the bugs and had even more fun decorating the cupcakes themselves. (Which is why are LOADED with bugs. I also bought some green leaves which were made of wafer cookies!

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After you dip your cupcake into the ganache, apply the bugs and simply place the cupcakes into a clean flower pot. When you line them all up in a cupcake tray, they look like you’ve just pulled them in from the garden! These are GREAT for taking to a play date and having the kids help out. However, be warned that once those kids eat all those sugary bugs – they will be bouncing off the walls more than usual. Don’t say I didn’t warn you.

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2 Responses to “Cupcake garden bugs, how-to”

  1. Jenn. T. says:

    Your cupcakes are so adorable and the recipes seem to be really easy to follow. I look forward to experimenting with them in the near future. I’m looking forward to reading more 🙂

  2. CaSaundra says:

    Your creations just blow me away. I have patience in the kitchen–but not sure I could replicate some of your stuff! Great job 🙂

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