Pink Ladybug Cupcake – Recipe & Decorating Idea
Make cute ladybugs in pink and white for a little girl’s birthday or a girls’ party.
Ingredients:
For the Cupcakes
1/2 cup soft butter 1 cup sugar 1 tsp. rose water or rose essence 1 egg 1 cup flour 1/2 tsp. baking soda 1/2 tsp. salt
For Decorating
Whipped Cream, sweetened Pink Food Color Readymade Marzipan or Sugar paste
Makes: 16 cupcakes
Directions:
1. Combine together and beat butter, sugar and essence until creamy and then beat in the egg.
2. Sift together flour, baking soda and salt and stir into the butter mixture.
3. Spoon by rounded tablespoon (one to a cup) into paper lined 2 inch cupcake cups.
4. Bake at 375 degrees for 10 to 12 minutes. Remove from oven and cool.
5. When completely cooled, frost the cupcake with pink tinted whipped cream.
6. Fill icing bag with white frosting and using a round tip, decorate as shown. Make 2 long lines running along the center of the cupcake and a single line around the rim of the cupcake.
7. Make a flattened round shape out of marzipan or sugar paste for the ladybug’s head and press it into the frosting. Pipe out the face details using white frosting.
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