Birthday Party Cupcake Centerpiece

Name: Birthday Party Cupcake Centerpiece
Prep time: 50 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 24
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 59 milliliters confectioners sugar; 296 milliliters milk; 24 servings Large multi color nonpareil sprinkles; 24 servings Blue, red, and green food coloring; 1 box vanilla cake mix; 1 kgs vanilla frosting

You can never have too many American recipes, so give Birthday Party Cupcake Centerpiece a try. This recipe makes 24 servings with 275 calories, 1g of protein, and 8g of fat each. This recipe covers 3% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. It will be a hit at your Birthday event. Head to the store and pick up confectioners' sugar, milk, vanilla frosting, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 50 minutes.

Instructions

Special equipment: 24 picket fence cupcake liners (available online or baking supply stores) 4 pastry bags, or resealable plastic bags with 1 corner snipped Large star pastry tip (#885 or similar) 4 tier (23 count) cupcake tree (available online home stores)

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Cupcakes

Equipment you will use

Muffin Liners

Ziploc Bags

Pastry Bag

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line 2 (12 cup) muffin tins with white paper liners.

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Muffin Tray

Oven

Make the cake mix according to package instructions, substituting the milk for water.

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Cake Mix

Water

Milk

Pour the batter into the lined muffin tins and bake until golden and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, about 12 to15 minutes.

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Muffin Tray

Toothpicks

Oven

Remove the tins from the oven and let them cool completely on a wire rack.

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Wire Rack

Oven

In a large bowl, using a hand mixer, beat the frosting with enough confectioners' sugar to create a stiff consistency. Divide the frosting among 4 bowls. Color 1 with blue, 1 with red, and 1 with green, leaving 1 white.

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Powdered Sugar

Frosting

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Hand Mixer

Bowl

When the cupcakes are cool, drop each into a picket fence liner.

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Cupcakes

Fit 4 pastry bags with large star tips and fill each with a different color. Pipe a swirl of frosting onto 6 cupcakes with 1 color. Repeat with remaining cupcakes and colors. Arrange them on the cupcake tree, alternating colors and top with nonpareil sprinkles.

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Sprinkles