Flowerpot Cupcakes
"This was the final kitchen activity of the year for the Wednesday night Kid's Club."
photo by Jonathan Melendez
- Ready In:
- 10mins
- Ingredients:
- 5
- Serves:
-
1
ingredients
- 1 unfrosted chocolate cupcake
- 1 piece fruit leather (strip)
- 2-4 brightly coloured gumdrops
- 4 green gumdrops
- 2-4 pretzel sticks
directions
- With a fork, fluff up the surface of the cupcake to look like soil.
- Cut the fruit strip slightly larger than the cupcake base and wrap it around to look like the bottom of a flower pot. Moisten strip if neccessary. Press ends together to secure.
- Cut another strip slightly larger than the cupcake top and fold in half length wise. Wrap it around to look like the top of a flower pot. Moisten strip if neccessary. Press ends together to secure.
- Cut thick slices from the centers of gumdrops. With sharp scissors, snip the gum drops into tulip shapes.
- Trim the green gumdrops to form leaves.
- Press "tulips" into pretzel stick "stems" and poke into "soil".
- Arrange the "leaves" at the base of the flowers.
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Reviews
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Such a great way to decorate cupcakes! I love that it's all edible and great for kids! -
I'm going to combine it with the cupcake in the cone recipe and make the whole thing edible. -
Very cute- I can't wait to try your recipe!
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Pamela
Winnipeg, Manitoba
