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Lawnmower Cupcake

Lawnmower Cupcake

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Ingredients
  

  • 1 box chocolate cake mix + additional ingredients per directions OR your favorite recipe
  • Red buttercream frosting in a piping bag with a Wilton 18 star tip
  • Green buttercream frosting divided into 2 piping bags: 1 with a large cut tip for the cut grass and one with a Wilton 233 tip for the uncut grass
  • 1-2 oz chocolate melts or almond bark in a piping bag with a small cut tip
  • Hershey nugget candies 1 per cupcake
  • Brown mini M&M’s 1 per cupcake for lawnmower top
  • Brown regular M&M’s 4 per cupcake for the wheels

Instructions
 

  • On a piece of paper draw or use a stencil to create a handle for the lawnmower. Place it on a sheet pan then place a sheet of wax paper over the image. Melt the chocolate in the microwave and stir until smooth. Cut a small opening at the tip of the bag and pipe the handles onto the wax paper, 1 for each cupcake. Place in refrigerator to set.
  • Cool the chocolate slightly then pour into a piping bag. Bake cupcakes per recipe and cool completely.
  • Use the green frosting with large cut tip to pipe a smooth flat path of frosting down the middle of each cupcake to represent mowed grass as shown.
  • Place the nugget candy on the end of green frosting path - the front of the lawnmower will be the side near the edge of the cupcake. Use the red frosting to completely cover the nugget candy in star shapes . Place the mini M&M on top of the frosted nuggets right in the center. Add regular M&M wheels on both sides of the frosted nugget.
  • Use the green frosting with the W233 tip to pipe unmowed grass on both unfrosted sides of the cupcake.
  • Next carefully remove the chocolate handles from the wax paper and place them just behind the back of the lawnmower as shown. You are ready to share & enjoy!