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With teacher appreciation week coming soon these cute Apple Decorated Cupcakes would make a great treat. They are quicker than you think. You use a boxed cake mix, homemade frosting and decorate.
Cute Apple Cupcakes
Cake:
1 box White Cake Mix + box ingredients
Red Cupcake Liners
Frosting:
1 cup softened Butter
3 cup Powdered Sugar
3 TBSP Milk
1 tsp Vanilla
Red Food Coloring
Red Sparkling Sugar
Tootsie Roll Midgies
Green m&ms or Green Fruit Rollups
Preheat oven and line muffin tins with cupcake liners. Prepare batter according to box directions and bake according to box directions for cupcakes. Allow to cool completely.
Whip butter and vanilla for until fluffy, gradually add powdered sugar. Add milk until you reach desired consistency.
Add food coloring until you get a pink/red color.
Frost each cupcake and sprinkle with red sparkling sugar.
Insert Tootsie Roll in middle of cupcake to resemble the stem. If using Roll-Ups, cut 2 leaves for each cupcake and place near the stem. If using M&Ms, place 2 M&Ms to represent leaves.
How do you get the cupcakes to rise so high in the liners?
You can just fill them a little more than you normally would and they should rise up just fine.