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Happy Birthday Little C!! She must think her mom is a magician because she wanted "sunglasses cupcakes" for her Beach Birthday Party. Say what?! I decided to take the challenge.
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Well, these turned out pretty cute even though they look a lot more like fancy "Letter B's." to me.:) They'd probably work better if you made them with two circular cupcakes. Oh well, they were still gobbled up! There was snow on the ground but a rockin' Beach Party going on in our house! All the girls wore swimsuits, Gourmet Dad and I dressed as lifeguards and a good time was had by all.
Sunglasses CupcakesIngredients:Your favorite cupcake batter
Cupcake wrappers or liners
Chocolate frosting (I just used a can)
Colored icing (any color)
Candy Melts (match color to icing color)
Aluminum Foil
Wax Paper
sprinkles, frosting flowers, or any garnish
Directions:Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Put cupcake liners in muffin pan. Fill liners with 1/4 c. batter. Take a piece of aluminum foil (about 6" square) and roll and squish into an oval shape.
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Push the foil oval into the side of the cupcake liner. Repeat with all the cupcakes. Bake at 350 for 15-18 minutes. Remove from oven and cool completely.
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On a piece of was paper, pipe out candy cane shapes with melted Candy Melts (put melted candy in a quart ziploc freezer bag, snip off a corner, and you can easily pipe out shapes). These will be the sides of your sunglasses. Let set until completely hardened.
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Frost cupcake with a thin layer of chocolate frosting. Put colored frosting in a decorating bag or a ziploc bag w/ the end cut off and pipe out the sunglasses outline. Add any sprinkles or garnishes you want. Add two dried "candy cane" shapes for the sides of the sunglasses.
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