Bunny Butt Cupcakes

by Wilton |

Item # 09016721P15
Intermediate 1-2 Hours

SUPPLIES & TOOLS:

  • Favorite cake mix or recipe
  • Cake cones (1 per treat)
  • Creamy White Decorator Icing - 4lb tub (4 1/2 cups icing needed)
  • Candy Melts® Candy: Bright White, Turquoise
  • EZ Thin™ Dipping Aid
  • Icing Color: Rose, Teal, Leaf Green
  • Color Mist® Food Color Spray: Yellow, Pink
  • Metallic cake paint
  • 12-cavity baking cone rack
  • Bunny feet pattern (link to pattern online)
  • Parchment paper
  • Cake board
  • Disposable decorating bags
  • Round decorating tip #1A
  • Standard coupler (2 needed)
  • Round decorating tip #4 (3 needed)
  • Round decorating tip #8 (2 needed)
  • 5pc decorating brush Set

DIRECTIONS:

  1. Bake cakes. Prepare cake batter following recipe instructions. Using cone rack, bake and cool cupcakes in cake cones according to package instructions. Place bunny feet pattern under parchment paper-covered board.
  2. Melt Bright White Candy Melts candy according to package instructions. Prepare decorating bag with melted white candy; cut 1/4" tip in bag. Following pattern, pipe feet (2 per treat). Chill until set, about 10 to 15 minutes. Reserve remaining melted white candy. Using Pink and Yellow Color Mist food color sprays, spray cones.
  3. Thin remaining melted white candy and Turquoise and Pink candy with EZ Thin. Dip cones into melted white, pink or turquoise candy. Dip bottom third on some, dip some on angle or cover completely. Chill until set, about 10 to 15 minutes. Using Gold metallic cake paint, paint bottom of some cones gold.
  4. Prepare buttercream icing following recipe instructions. Using Rose icing color, tint 1/3 cup icing light pink. Using Teal icing color, tint 1/3 cup icing light teal. Using Leaf Green icing color, tint 1/3 cup icing dark green. Reserve remaining icing white. Prepare decorating bag with tip 1A and reserved white icing. Pipe mound on each cupcake.
  5. Prepare two decorating bags with couplers and tip 4. Fill separately with light teal and light pink icing. Using both bags, pipe pads on bunny feet. Switch both bags to tip 8. Pipe tails.
  6. Prepare decorating bag with tip 4 and dark green icing. Pipe grass around edge.
  7. Using remaining white buttercream, attach feet.

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