Harvest Cupcakes: Two Peas in a Pod
Harvest Cupcakes: Two Peas in a Pod are cute fall treats with vanilla cupcakes topped with green fondant, perfect for autumn or a twin baby shower.
Ingredients
- 12 Vanilla Cupcakes Completely cooled down
- 6 oz. Green Fondant
- Butter Softened
- 1 Cup Confectioners’ Sugar
- 1 tbsp. Milk
Instructions
- On a clean surface, start preparing the peas in a pod fondant shapes: roll out green fondant so that it’s about ¼ of an inch thick.
- Using a 2 inch circular cookie cutter, cut out 12 circles. Set aside.
- Roll 24 ½ inch spheres from green fondant.
- Place two spheres in the center of one circle and fold over the top and bottom, surrounding both spheres. Pinch both ends.
- Repeat to make 12 pods.
- In a large bowl, beat together butter, sugar and milk with an electric mixer. These ingredients will make up the buttercream.
- The buttercream is ready once all the ingredients are well-combined and form semi-stiff peaks.
- Scoop buttercream into a piping bag with a round icing tip.
- Frost the center of each cupcake.
- Place one fondant pea pod onto the center of each frosted cupcake.
- Take small strips of green fondant and curl them on random spots of your cupcakes. Serve and enjoy!
Notes
- Roll out green fondant to ¼ inch thickness, cut into 2-inch circles, and set aside.
- Roll 24 small green fondant balls, place two on each circle, fold the circle over them to form a pod, and pinch the ends.
- Prepare buttercream frosting, pipe onto cooled cupcakes, and top each with a fondant pea pod.
Nutrition
Calories: 2562kcalCarbohydrates: 536gProtein: 28gFat: 92gSaturated Fat: 22gPolyunsaturated Fat: 30gMonounsaturated Fat: 36gCholesterol: 12mgSodium: 2006mgPotassium: 570mgFiber: 4gSugar: 291gVitamin A: 292IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 694mgIron: 8mg
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