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succulent cupcakes tutorial

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I’m so happy with how these cakes turned out, i love to make something that people have to do a double take and think is that real?. these cakes have a chocolate sponge, chocolate frosting and a crushed biscuit and brown sugar sand with sugar paste succulents.

To make

line peat pots or terracotta pots with baking parchment and preheat the oven to 180c

to make sponge
110g butter
110g caster sugar
2 eggs
110g plain flour
2 tbsp cocoa
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1 tbsp milk
in a bowl cream the butter and sugar together until pale and creamy then add the eggs one at a time, sift in the cocoa and add vanilla extract, mix in then sift in the flour and baking powder and fold in,
add some cake batter into each pot and bake for 15/20 minutes.

to make butter cream
100g butter
150g powdered sugar
2 tbsp cocoa
mix together until smooth, take each cup cake and trim down the baking paper so you wont see it in the pot and slice the tops off each cake, add the butter cream to the top of each cake leaving room for the sand.

the sand is made from
60g brown sugar
3 digestive biscuits or graham crackers
crush the biscuits and mix with sugar, add it on top of each cake to look like sand.
then put succulent on top

 
to make succulents
roll out green sugar paste,
i used a hydrangea petal cutter as i thought the shape looked similar to a succulent
i have the cutters in two sizes.

 cut two large flowers and 3 small flowers, then use a ball tool and shape each leaf, then make the piece for the centre by rolling a cone shape, then cut with in half with scissors in the middle to make it look like two leaves.
mix luster dust to make a deep purple colour and brush it lightly on the ends of each leaf.
let them harden in an egg cup to keep shape.
 

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28 Comments

  8. I've just turned to my husband and said "Look at this, it's just bonkers what this girl can make!" Every time I think you have stopped surprising me you make something even more extraordinary, wow!

  10. Oh my goodness, you are so talented. These are stunning – I had to look twice, because I thought that they were real cacti!
    Fabulous.

  20. These are incredibly real looking. At first I thought I misread the title and they were really plants. They are wonderful! Thank you for sharing these and your rustic rye bread at What We Accomplished Wednesdays. Have a great week!
    Blessings, Deborah

  22. I saw these Cute Succulent Cupcakes at Elizabeth and Company – WOW that is so amazing! Got it Pinned!
    Kyra @ Caramel Potatoes

  23. WOW! These are stunning they are so realistic looking! I'd love it if you shared these over at The Makers link party going on at my blog right now, UpcycledTreasures.com.

    Have a great week!
    ~Katie

  26. Are serious right now???? These are absolutely the cutest thing I've seen, hands down!!!! WOW! They look so real! At first I thought I was going to be directed to a tutorial on how to make a succulent planter or something, lol! These look amazing!! This is Martha Stewart Quality Right Here! 😉

  28. Hi Aimee, I just wanted to let you know that this is one of the party features this week at The Makers! Thank you so much for sharing your creativity and we hope you will join us again today or later this week. 🙂

    ~Katie @ Upcycled Treasures

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