Hydrangea Cupcakes

By carvalhohm2

Ingredients

• To Decorate:
• 1 box Devil's Food Cake Mix or Dark Chocolate Fudge Cake Mix
• 1 Cup Water
• 1/3 Cup Vegetable Oil
• 3 Large Eggs
• 1 stick butter
• 1 lb powdered sugar
• 1/4 cup cream or milk (cream makes the frosting a better consistency)
• 1 tsp vanilla extract

Details

Servings 24
Adapted from duncanhines.com

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350°F. Place cupcake liners in muffin pans.

Prepare cake batter as directed on package.

Pour batter into cupcake liners, filling them no more than two-thirds full.

Bake 18 to 24 minutes or until toothpick inserted into cupcakes comes out clean. Let cool completely.

To Decorate:
Combine butter, sugar and vanilla on low speed. Beat on medium to high speed until creamy. Add more milk if too stiff, or add more powdered sugar if too runny. The frosting should be creamy but on the stiff side in order to make good flower petals.

Split the frosting into two separate bowls. Color one bowl light blue and the other bowl light purple.

Using a Wilton 2D star tip and a frosting bag, put blue frosting in the right side of the bag and purple frosting on the left. Pipe petals onto each cupcake, twisting the tip to make it look like a hydrangea.