How about some pretty Chocolate cupcakes to get you through the week?
These are Chocolate cupcakes (recipe HERE) with Vanilla Cream Cheese frosting (recipe HERE), made extra special with some royal icing snowflakes. I piped on the frosting with a Wilton 1M tip (the tip I use the most often) and added some pretty sprinkles (white non-pareils and silver dragees).
The roayl icing snowflakes are pretty easy to make, and will last a very long time (stored in a airtight container). Make a nice stiff consistency batch of royal icing (recipe HERE) and pipe a snowflake shape onto a piece of waxed paper. Allow to dry completely (this will take about 1 day) before trying to remove from the paper. Be prepared... many WILL break as you try to move them from the waxed paper, so you need to make at least twice as many snowflakes as you think you want. The thicker the line of royal icing you make, and the longer you let them dry, the better your chances of avoiding breakage, but they are still very delicate, and you are bound to have some break.
Happy Cupcake Decorating!
I LOVE them...very wintery and yummy looking!! Wish I could try one!
ReplyDeleteThanks Glory for making my mouth water!!
I adore these! Perfect for the cold winter weather we are having in chicago today! thecoolkidsblog.com
ReplyDeleteOMG... I just finished up making 3 dozen of the EXACT SAME snowflakes! LOL!
ReplyDeleteThese are gorgeous! Love your wonderful holiday cupcakes :).
ReplyDeleteSO CUTE! <3
ReplyDeleteBeautiful. I love the blue color with the snowflakes. I'm going to try those snowflakes today.
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So pretty~!
ReplyDeleteYou have quickly become my favorite 'how-to' blog. Thanks so much for sharing!
ReplyDeletePure Awesomeness Glory!! :)
ReplyDeleteHappy December! love your amazing blog, your desserts, recipes and party planning ideas so inspiring!
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Omg these look delicious... I love the snowflakes!!! Just gorgeous!!
ReplyDeleteThese are so cute, great job!!!
ReplyDeleteHow pretty! The royal icing snowflakes are so dainty looking.
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Um YUM! I love cream cheese frosting! These look so delish : )
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So pretty. I love the blue with snowflakes, I posted a snowflake cookie today with the same colors :) I'm hoping all the snowflakes will come alive and we'll see some white this winter :)
ReplyDeleteThese are some gorgeous cupcakes!!!
ReplyDeleteThese are so beautiful! What a great idea to convert royal icing into snowflakes. I really admire all of your creations; you have such skill for decorating. And your royal icing tutorial helped me so much when making my first batch. So a big thank you!
ReplyDeleteThose cupcakes are gorgeous! Another great post from Glory!
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ReplyDeleteThese are adorable! I did something similar with cupcakes for my daughter's class at school. I did turkeys in royal icing, similar to the method you used with the snowflakes. I then attached them to chocolate cupcakes with orange vanilla cream cheese frosting. They were super cute, and super yummy!
ReplyDeletejust so beautiful! :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for the snowflake instructions, your pictures are very helpful to visual folks like me. I'll try making them this winter since we don't get snow where I live, these will be the closest my family and friends will get. You're amazing!
ReplyDeleteThese are absolutely gorgeous! I can't wait to try these myself.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! Love these cupcakes. Do you mind sharing where you purchased the lovely black liners? :)
ReplyDeleteOk so why did my cupcakes turn into crater cakes? I live at 5000ft. Any suggestions?
ReplyDeleteCourtney- The liners are actually dark brown and you can buy them from one of my blog sponsors, Simply Caked (link is on my side bar)
ReplyDeleteBlackwood-Schueler- I imagine your elevation has something to do with it. I'm not sure what changes you should make, but I'm sure if you google how to adjust baking for high elevations you will find some good suggestions.
How absolutely stunning!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous Cupcakes!
ReplyDeleteThese are so incredibly beautiful. What a wonderful tip, thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteSo very pretty. I love the colors!
ReplyDeleteVery Lovely!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great idea. Do you use a particular tip to pipe with or do you just use a really thin one and draw your own snowflakes?
ReplyDeleteThese are such cute cupcakes!! Love the snowflake. So dainty :)
ReplyDeleteWow. I really feel the winter when I am looking at this. I guess this is perfect to make this coming weekend for our family bonding. Thanks for sharing your cute and wonderful cupcakes of yours.
ReplyDeleteSo beautiful!
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing Glory. I'm relatively new to icing & decorating & this is a great tip x
ReplyDeleteLove the snowflakes. I'm really new to this royal icing thing. Are there instructions somewhere to make the snowflake or do I need to already know how to make one. I thought maybe there was a template or something.
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Lisa
Thanks everyone for the sweet comments!
ReplyDeleteKirbe- I usually use a tip #2 or 3 for this project, and then draw the snowflakes.
Lisa- I just free-hand the snowflake designs, but you could print some out, and then put the waxed paper on top of the designs and copy them.
These are beautiful! I can't wait to try your recipe. What food coloring did you use to get that beautiful Tiffany blue color?
ReplyDeleteSo happy your beautiful pictures on a Google photo search led me to this recipe ~ and your site! I will be trying these for my daughter's 9th birthday party next week! (It's a snowflake theme)
ReplyDeleteHi, love your royal icing snowflakes. Which tip size did you use for them?
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Re: Frosting Color- I used Americolor gel in sky blue.
ReplyDelete@Laura- I use a #2 tip. You could use a #3 and the snowflakes would let breakable, but also not as dainty.
This cupcake looks just like the one on cupcake corner on Facebook. Am I the only one who see this?????
ReplyDeleteAnonymous- Could you share the link for the page you're refering too? I might need to check it out. Thanks!
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ReplyDeleteBeautiful! I just made daisy icing flowers and used parchment paper. The daisies slid right off the paper. Much easier than wax paper. Now I need to prepare for Christmas with lots and lots of snowflakes.
ReplyDeleteDo you ever have a problem with the royal icing decorations "melting" into the cupcake icing? Or does that only happen with buttercream icing?
ReplyDeletethese are gorgeous :)
ReplyDeleteI wonder if these could be done on non stick foil. Nothing sticks to it and maybe they could then be removed without breakage.
ReplyDeleteOh these look lovely. Thank you Glory. Yet another wonderful post. Thank you so much, and merry christmas to you are your family.
ReplyDeleteI just made these and they came out great! What a cool idea! But it might be helpful if you mention exactly how long it takes for the snowflakes to dry. It took 2 full days for me. I tried removing them after one day and broke every single one. After 2 days, they came out great!
ReplyDeleteLove your site! I've bookmarked it!
Thanks for sharing so many wonderful ideas and tutorials. I pinned the cupcake yesterday but didnt know where it originated ... it was a hit yesterday so I repinned today so it linked back to you Merry Christmas to you and yours
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ReplyDeleteCould you share how you achieved that color? It is the exact color of my daughter's sweet sixteen party and I want to make these, but I am nervous about getting the right color.
Thanks!
Your cupcakes look AMAZING! I tried these, and sadly mine didn't turn out quite the same....well the snow flakes at least. I used a slightly larger tip, to make them more sturdy, which worked, but regardless of the tip, I could NOT get mine to look as tidy as yours. You could see so much texture, they weren't smooth like yours. Any suggestions for how to get them to look flawless like yours? Thanks so much, and happy new year!
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