Cactus Cupcakes

Cactus Cupcakes are a fun and easy cactus shaped cupcake. These are a wonderful summer cupcake, great for birthday parties and more. Learn how to make cactus cupcakes with simple ingredients.

Course Desserts

Cuisine American

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Prep Time 10

Cook Time 20

Additional Time 30

Total Time 1

Servings

Calories 390kcal

Author Kelsey

Ingredients

12 chocolate cupcakes - baked and cooled
2 sticks unsalted butter softened
4 cups powdered sugar
2-3 tablespoons milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Green Food coloring
10 lady fingers cut in half
4 tablespoons brown sugar

Instructions

Start by making your buttercream frosting. In a bowl with a mixer you will add your butter, powdered sugar, milk and beat until it begins to thicken. Add in the vanilla extract.
If you need add more milk to thin or extra powdered sugar to thicken. Mix until stiff peaks form.
Then separate the frosting, 3/4 in one that you will color green. The other portion leave white.
With the white frosting pipe on or spread on some frosting on each of the cupcakes.
Place half of a ladyfinger in each center of the cupcakes.
With the extra cookies, crumble and mix with the brown sugar. Then crumble it over the top of each of the cupcakes.
Now with a #47 tip, with the green frosting you will pipe starting at top of cookie down. Create a cactus look. Repeat until the lady finger is fully covered.
Then insert white Jimmie sprinkles in the sides to look like needles of the cactus.
Serve and enjoy these cute cactus cupcakes.

Notes

Cupcakes - You can add on some white or even pink frosting on top to look like the cactus is flowering.

Sand - Instead of crumbled lady fingers and brown sugar you can use graham cracker crumbs as well.

Double the Recipe - Feel free to make as many cacti cupcakes as you would like. This recipe is for 12 but feel free to do more if you want.

Shaping Cupcakes - Feel free to shape your cupcakes to create different sizes and styles of cactus on your cupcakes.

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