Sunflower Cupcakes

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Sunflower Cupcakes – Adorable yellow cupcakes decorated to look like the Kansas state flower – the sunflower. These sweet cupcakes are sunny and cute.

sunflower cupcakes recipe

Happy 151st Birthday Kansas! On Friday my children celebrated Kansas Day at school. Ava’s teacher asked me if I would make cupcakes for the class. I immediately knew what I wanted to make, Kansas is the Sunflower State after all. Even better, it was an excuse for me to go to Sweet! to buy some supplies. I love that store, and the cupcake liner wall alone makes it worth the drive. Not to mention the sprinkles. You know how much I love a sprinkle.

These cupcakes look complicated, but they were really easy to do. I got everything ready before I started. I mixed the colors and filled the piping bags. I used straight kelly green for the leaves but mixed a few shades of yellow for one bag, and a mixture of yellows and oranges for the other. Thin Mints were perfect for the centers. Thin, obviously, but also the dimpling looks like the middle of a sunflower. You could use an Oreo, but I would use only one half.

The kids loved them, and I loved making them. Nothing is more cheerful than a sunflower. Happy Birthday, Kansas, here is to 151 more.

Sunflower Cupcakes Ingredients

sunflower cupcakes recipe

How to Make – The Steps

Step 1: Start by making a circle with green frosting. Add a few leaves.

sunflower cupcake recipe

Step 2: Add one layer of yellow petals.

sunflower cupcake recipe

Step 3: Add a second layer, I alternated with yellow and orange-ish frosting.

sunflower cupcake recipe

Step 4: Add a Thin Mint to the center.

sunflower cupcake recipe

Step 5: And a ladybug.

sunflower cupcake recipe

I made a sunflower assembly line. I had a fresh Diet Coke, and the Food Network on my iPad, it was a very relaxing activity.

sunflower cupcake recipe
sunflower cupcake recipe


sunflower cupcakes

Sunflower Cupcakes

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Servings 24 cupcakes

Ingredients
  

  • white buttercream 8 pounds is not necessary
  • egg yellow
  • golden yellow
  • lemon yellow
  • kelly green
  • leaf tips Wilton 66 and 68
  • Thin Mints
  • ladybug picks
  • green and white dots cupcake liners

Instructions
 

  • Start by making a circle with green frosting. Add a few leaves.
  • Add one layer of yellow petals.
  • Add a second layer, I alternated with yellow and orange-ish frosting.
  • Add a Thin Mint to the center.
  • Add a ladybug.
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