How to Decorate a Cupcake Pumpkin Cake

Since this article is about decorating and arranging the cupcakes to look like a pumpkin, we are going to start with the cupcakes already baked, cooled and ready for decorating.

One note about cooking your cupcakes, remember that miniature cupcakes only require about 8 min. to bake. Use a toothpick to determine exact length of baking time. When a toothpick poked in the center of the cupcake comes out clean, the cupcake is ready.

24 Chocolate Miniature Cupcakes in Brown Cupcake baking liners

White Frosting

Black Frosting / Icing

Food Coloring

Green Sanding Sugar

Black Sanding Sugar

Optional

Black Serving Tray

Soak proof Foam Paper Plate

        

Step 1: Assemble 22 mini cupcakes in the shape of a pumpkin, placing the largest cupcakes for the eyes and nose. (as shown)

Step 2: Cut 3 triangles out of soak proof styrofoam paper plate.

Step 3: Place a triangle on each eye cupcake and on the nose cupcake.

Step 4: Color approx. 2 teaspoons of frosting green.

Step 5: Color remaining frosting orange.*

Step 6: Frost the 22 pumpkin cupcakes with the orange frosting. Frost them as one large "cake."

Step 7: Carefully remove the Styrofoam triangles.

Step 8: With the edge of a butter knife or spoon, draw a mouth pattern by removing the orange frosting for mouth.

Step 9: Frost the Eyes, Nose and Mouth with Black Frosting.

Step 10: Carefully sprinkle the Eyes, Nose and Mouth with Black Sanding Sugar. **

Step 11: Frost the remaining two mini cupcakes with Green Frosting.

Step 12: Cover the green cupcakes with green sanding sugar and place them at the top of the pumpkin for the stem.




* If you do not have orange food coloring, combine 3 parts yellow and 2 parts red for orange color.

** It is easier to place a small pile of sanding sugar in the center of the eyes and nose, then using the tip of a spoon, gently push the sanding sugar to cover the black area.

The brown mini cupcake liners were not easy to find. As a matter of fact, I could not purchase them locally. I had to purchase them online.

The mini cupcake liners need to have approximately 1¼" - 1⅜" base. These cupcake liners appear to meet the necessary criteria.

Goldas Kitchen Baking Cups - Solid - Brown - Mini

Because time was a huge factor for me, I personally purchased my liners from the store listed below. However, the shipping was extremely expensive. I paid $14.95 in S&H for 6 packages of brown liners. I will say though, the liners arrived quickly and they were perfect.

Petal Crafts

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