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Spring Bud Cupcakes

Spring Bud Cupcakes Description
Welcome spring with a blossoming batch of cupcakes.

Ingredients

  • 1 bag M&M'S Milk Chocolate Candies for Easter
  • 2 cups chopped 3 Musketeers Minis for Easter
  • 1 18.25-ounce box yellow cake mix
  • 2 12-ounce cans whipped vanilla frosting
  • Red, blue, yellow and purple food coloring

Preparation
Prep time: 20 minutes | Bake time: 17 to 21 minutes | Decoration time: 20 minutes | Difficulty: Easy

1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Line cupcake pan with paper cupcake liners.

2. Prepare cake mix according to package directions, folding in chopped candy.

3. Divide batter evenly between cups; bake until golden (about 17 to 21 minutes). Transfer to wire rack; cool completely.

4. Divide 1 can vanilla frosting into quarters, tinting one red, one blue, one yellow and one purple.

5. With remaining vanilla frosting, cover tops of cupcakes. Fit resealable plastic bags or piping bags with star tips. Spoon one color of tinted frosting into each bag. Pipe yellow frosting centers, and then pipe colored frosting rosettes around edges. Decorate cupcakes with coordinating colors of M&M'S on tops of rosettes.

Nutrition
no information available

Serves
Makes 24 cupcakes

Variations
no information available

Source Bright Ideas.com



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