Recipe courtesy of Karen Tack
From:
Food Network Magazine
Tulip Cupcakes
- Level: Intermediate
- Yield: 12 cupcakes
- Total: 45 min
- Active: 45 min
Ingredients
1 cup white candy melts
1 12-ounce bag pink candy melts
1/2 cup vanilla frosting
Yellow food coloring
12 cupcakes with vanilla frosting
Yellow and black licorice sticks (from a bag of bridge mix)
Directions
- Melt the white and pink candy melts separately. Arrange 12 plastic spoons facedown on a cutting board. Put the white candy melts in a resealable plastic bag, snip a corner and pipe short lines on the tip of each spoon.
- Dip the back of the spoons in the pink candy melts to cover; freeze until set, 5 minutes. Carefully pop off the petals and use the spoons to make more. (You'll need 6 to 8 petals per cupcake.)
- Tint the 1/2 cup vanilla frosting yellow with food coloring. Pipe a small amount on each cupcake in the center, then insert the licorice sticks. Arrange the candy petals around the yellow frosting.