Beach Cupcakes

These beach cupcakes look like they came out of a high end bakery or created by a pinterest star. However, these creative cupcakes are so simple to bake and decorate you won’t believe how truly easy they are to make. Once you know how to do the basics you can allow your imagination to run wild.

Author: Cake Mix Recipes

Meal Type: Peanuts Free

Cuisine: American

Difficulty: EASY

Prep. Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 15 minutes

Total Time: 25 minutes

Servings: 24 cupcakes

Calories: 81 kcal per serving

Ingredients

Yellow cake mix
sanding sugar
pearl sugar decorations
frosting

Instructions

Bake cupcakes as per recipe and cool completely
Gently and lightly mix blue and white frosting together to create an ocean water look
Pipe a thin base of white frosting on each cupcake
For beach only looks dip cupcake upside down in blue or gold sanding sugar
Place desired sugar decorations on top
Add umbrella if desired
For ½ beach ½ ocean looks dip only half of the cupcake in sanding sugar
Next add a dollop of blue & white ocean frosting to the other half of the cupcake
Use a small round flat instrument ( I used a decorating knife but a butter knife is perfect as well ) to create waves in the frosting

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