Clever. A dessert disguised as a dessert. And a fun addition to my BBQ-themed cupcakes.
For “Pie” cupcakes, you’ll need:
– Cupcakes (any kind will do)
– Silver cupcake wrappers
– Buttercream frosting, dyed brown
– Smarties
Decorating “Pie” Cupcakes:
1. Whip up some cupcakes and bake them according to the recipe directions. Any kind will do. I suggest using silver cupcake wrappers (as they look more like little pie-tins).
2. While those cupcakes are cooling, mix buttercream frosting according to the recipe directions. Add yellow and red food colouring, and 1 drop of blue to turn a brown sort of colour.
3. Divide frosting into 3 parts. Leave 1 part in a bowl. Put 1 part in a ziploc bag, and the last part in a separate ziploc bag. Cut a small corner off of one of the bags with icing. For the last bag with icing, either insert a decorative icing tip and cut the corner off OR just cut a larger corner off of the bag.
4. Frost cupcakes with some of the frosting from the bowl, just using a butterknife or similar.
5. Using bag with a decorative tip OR just larger corner cut off, frost around the perimeter of the cupcake.
6. Arrange smarties on top of cupcakes.
7. Lastly, pipe finer crisscrossing lines over top of the smarties using the bag of icing with the smaller tip cut off.
