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Rainbow M&M Fish Cupcakes
Friday 6 April 2012
Hey guys!!! It's the Easter holidays so I'm away from university for 3 weeks! Being back at home means I can experiment and bake to my heart's content! As I was doing my "cake research", I found Debbie Sweet's Mini M&M Rainbow cupcakes and fell in love! You can find those cupcakes through here. But here is my attempt at those little goodies...
As soon as I saw Debbie's recipe, I was inspired and was so excited that I went on a random little shopping spree! I needed a new piping bag... Well that was my excuse anyway.
Now, onto the cake making... You can buy ready-made cupcakes at any supermarket, if you wish. But if you prefer to bake them yourself, like me, just follow the quick and easy recipe below!
Ingredients:
Method:
To make the buttercream, I used 125g very soft butter and 250g icing sugar. Then whisk the two ingredients together into a large bowl until the mixture goes fluffy. Seperate the buttercream into 5 different portions. Save a tiny amount of the white icing for the 5th portion as this will be used for the eyes. Then add droplets of the food colouring into each of the first 4 portions. I used red, yellow, green and blue. Keep on adding the food dyes into your mixture until it reaches your desired hue!
To assemble, you need your homemade icing, M&M's (preferrably Minis) and of course, your cupcakes! You will also need a piping bag with a round nozzle to make the eyes.
Now, just spread the icing onto each cupcake and try to do this as neatly as possible. Then place the M&M's on one side for the 'tail' and 2 red M&M's for the 'lips' on the other side. Pipe a small round white icing for the eye and top it off with the brown M&M for the 'eye'!
Debbie used Mini M&M's which is the perfect size in my opinion! I couldn't find the minis in my supermarket so I had to settle with normal sized M&M's :( As a result, my fishes look kind of demented and out of proportion! I also ran out of M&M's so I didn't get to decorate the tail to the extent that I wanted it to be! If you get the chance to do this, I suggest using the mini M&M's if available, as they are much much better to use for decoration!
These little treats are great for a light snack in the afternoon! Not only are they incredibly cute but they are also pretty tasty! As soon as I finished making these, my bro and sis already snatched a couple to eat! This recipe is super duper quick and easy so you guys should try it out too!
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Hii!!! I'm Anna. A 21 year old Media student in London with a baking obsession. I like to make cakes, desserts or any kinds of sweet things and blog about them! |