Flower Cupcakes Food

EDIBLE-FLOWERS CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Line standard muffin tins with paper liners. Whisk together flour and salt.
• Cream butter and sugar with a mixer until pale and fluffy. Reduce speed to medium, and add vanilla. Add eggs in 4 batches, beating well after each addition. Reduce speed to low, add flour mixture in 4 batches, and beat until completely incorporated.
• Divide batter among muffin cups, filling each 3/4 full. Tap tins on countertop once to distribute batter evenly. Bake, rotating tins halfway through, until a cake tester inserted in centers comes out clean, about 20 minutes. Transfer tins to wire racks to cool 10 minutes; transfer cupcakes to racks, and let cool. Cupcakes will keep, covered, at room temperature, up to 2 days.
• Frost cupcakes with a generous layer of buttercream, and top each with a few edible flowers. Serve immediately.

FRUITY FLOWER CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Place paper baking cup in each of 24 regular-size muffin cups. Make and bake cake as directed on box for cupcakes. Cool completely. Frost cupcakes with frosting.
• To make flowers, unroll and remove paper from 18 Betty Crocker Fruit Roll-Ups. Cut 4 circles out of each snack using 2-inch round cutter. Using 3 circles for each flower, pinch each circle in the middle and twist to create petals. Place the petals on top of cupcake next to one another to create flower. Place on top of each cupcake.

EASY FLOWER CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease 8 muffin cups or line with paper liners.
• Combine 6 1/2 tablespoons butter, sugar, and vanilla sugar in a bowl; beat with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add 1 teaspoon vanilla extract and beat until smooth.
• Mix flour, baking powder, and salt in a separate bowl and add to the batter. Beat for another 5 minutes. Spoon batter into the prepared muffin cups, filling each 3/4 full.
• Bake in the preheated oven until tops spring back when lightly pressed, about 14 minutes. Cool in the tin for 5 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack and let cool, about 20 minutes. Cupcakes sink slightly after baking, which is fine as it creates a flat surface for the flowers.
• Combine 1/4 cup butter and cream cheese in a bowl and beat with an electric mixer until well combined. Add confectioner's sugar, 1/4 cup at a time. Beat in 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract after half the confectioners' sugar is incorporated. Set aside.
• Pour colored sugar into different small bowls. Cut each large marshmallow into 5 slices. Dip marshmallow pieces with the cut side down into one of the colors so the sugar will stick to the marshmallow. Repeat with the other marshmallows and different colors.
• Spread a layer of frosting over each cupcake. Arrange 5 marshmallow slices on each cupcake in the shape of flower petals. Place a candy-colored chocolate piece in the middle.

FLOWER POWER CUPCAKES

Steps:

• In a bowl, cream shortening and sugar. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Combine the flour, baking powder and salt; add to the creamed mixture alternately with milk. Stir in lemon zest., Fill paper-lined muffin cups two-thirds full. Bake at 350° for 20-24 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool cupcakes for 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely., In a small bowl, combine frosting, sugar, lemon extract and 2-3 drops food coloring if desired. Beat until smooth, scraping bowl frequently. Frost cupcakes, setting aside some frosting for decorations., Unroll fondant according to package directions. Cut with flower-shaped fondant or cookie cutters. Stack fondant cutouts as desired; use reserved frosting to attach fondant pieces together. Decorate cupcakes as desired.

FLOWER GARDEN CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Prepare cake batter and bake as directed on package for 24 cupcakes. Cool in pans 10 min. Pierce tops with fork.
• Add boiling water to gelatin mix in small bowl; stir 2 min. until completely dissolved. Spoon over cupcakes. Refrigerate 30 min. Tint COOL WHIP with food coloring(s) as desired; spread over cupcakes.
• Decorate as desired. (See tip.)

FLOWERPOT CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Prepare cake mix batter according to package directions for cupcakes., Fill paper-lined muffin cups two-thirds full. Bake at 350° for 18-20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 5 minutes; remove from pans to wire racks to cool completely., Cut three 9-in. pieces from each fruit roll piece (save small pieces for another use). With a small pastry brush, lightly brush water on one end of a fruit strip. Wrap around bottom of cupcake; press ends together. Repeat with remaining cupcakes. Lightly brush water on one side of remaining fruit strips; fold in half lengthwise. Brush one end with water; wrap around cupcake top, slightly overlapping bottom fruit strip., Press each gumdrop into a 1-1/4-in. circle. With scissors, cut each green gumdrop into four leaf shapes; set aside. Cut one end of each remaining gumdrop into a tulip shape. Gently press a pretzel into each tulip-shaped gumdrop. Gently press gumdrop leaves onto pretzels. Press two flowers into the top of each cupcake.

FLOWER POWER CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Prepare cake batter and bake as directed on package for 24 cupcakes; cool completely in pan. Pierce cupcakes with wooden skewer or large fork at 1/4-inch intervals.
• Add boiling water to gelatin mix; stir 2 min. until completely dissolved. Spoon over cupcakes, adding about 2 tsp. to each. Refrigerate 3 hours.
• Tint COOL WHIP with food coloring; spread onto cupcakes.
• Cut each large marshmallow crosswise into 5 pieces with kitchen shears. Arrange 5 on top of each cupcake to resemble flower. Place 1 miniature marshmallow in center of each. Sprinkle with sugar.

FLOWERPOT CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Line cookie sheet with cooking parchment paper. Remove 8 squares of cookie dough from package; refrigerate remaining dough until needed. Sprinkle 2 tablespoons of the flour onto work surface. On floured surface, roll dough to 1/8-inch thickness. (DO NOT EAT RAW COOKIE DOUGH AFTER ROLLING OUT ON FLOURED SURFACE.) Cut 24 cookies using 1 1/2-inch flower-shaped cookie cutter. On cookie sheet, place cutouts about 2 inches apart. Insert toothpick into each cookie no more than halfway. Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until light golden brown.
• Remove remaining dough from package; mix orange and brown food color into dough. Mix until color is evenly blended. Sprinkle remaining 2 tablespoons flour on work surface. On floured surface, roll orange dough to 1/8-inch thickness. Cut 24 cookies using 2 1/4 -inch round cutter. Grease 24 mini muffin cups with shortening. Press dough rounds in bottoms and up sides of mini muffin cups; refrigerate 15 minutes.
• In medium bowl, beat cake mix, 3 tablespoons of the water, the oil and egg with whisk until blended. Fill dough-lined muffin cups halfway with batter. Bake 18 to 22 minutes or until toothpick inserted into cake comes out clean. Cool completely. Remove from pans. Frost cupcakes with frosting. Sprinkle with cookie crumbs.
• In small bowl, mix powdered sugar and remaining 1 tablespoon water until smooth. Divide glaze into separate bowls; tint with food colors. Spread on flower cookies; let stand 15 minutes. Dot center of flower cookies with desired color. Insert flower cookies into cupcakes. Flatten each gumdrop; cut each into 4 leaf shapes. Place 2 leaves at base of each flower.

MERINGUE FLOWER CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 175 degrees. Fit pastry bag with coupler, and fill with meringue. Pipe flowers and petals onto parchment-lined baking sheets, using different tips to create a variety of shapes and sizes. (We used a leaf tip, multi-opening tip, and star tip. You will need about 16 flowers and petals per cupcake.)
• Bake until meringue is dry but not brown, about 30 minutes. Let cool on parchment on wire racks.
• Mound tops of cupcakes with frosting. Immediately arrange meringue flowers and petals on tops.