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Butterfly Cupcakes

Butterfly Cupcakes

Ingredients:8
Servings:24

By Betty Crocker Kitchens(Opens in a new tab)Updated 05/16/2022

Butterfly Cupcakes

Ingredients:8
Servings:24

Impress your guests with this creative dessert! Beautiful cupcakes decorated in butterfly shape that's made using Betty Crocker™ Super Moist™ cake mix.

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Butterfly Cupcakes

Prep time:1 hr 25 min
Total time:2 hr 25 min
Ingredients:8
Servings:24

Butterfly Cupcakes

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Ingredient

1 box Betty Crocker™ Delights Super Moist™ Lemon Cake Mix
Water, vegetable oil and eggs called for on cake mix box
1/2 cup each pink, yellow and light blue candy melts or coating wafers (3 oz each)
Assorted colors coarse sparkling sugar
Assorted colors nonpareils
1 container (12 oz) fluffy white whipped ready-to-spread frosting
1/2 cup from 1 tub (16 oz) Betty Crocker™ Rich & Creamy Chocolate Frosting
2 licorice wheels, cut into 3/4-inch pieces

Instructions

Step 1
Heat oven to 350°F. Place paper baking cup in each of 24 regular-size muffin cups. Make cake mix as directed on box, using water, oil and eggs. Divide batter evenly among muffin cups. Bake and cool as directed on box for cupcakes.

Step 2
Line 2 cookie sheets with waxed paper. In small microwavable bowl, microwave pink candy melts uncovered on Medium (50%) 30 seconds, then in 15-second increments, until melted; stir until smooth. Spoon melted candy into large decorating bag fitted with #5 tip or other small round tip. Pipe 8 pairs of butterfly wings (3 inches across) onto cookie sheet. Sprinkle with sparkling sugar or nonpareils. Repeat with remaining candy melts, sugar and nonpareils. Let stand until set.

Step 3
Frost cupcakes with white frosting. With chocolate frosting, pipe row of dots in center of each cupcake to look like body. Attach wings next to body by gently pressing them into frosting and cupcake at 45° angle. Attach 2 licorice pieces for antennae.

Nutrition Facts

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