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