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.

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 //

• 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

How to Make // The Steps

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

Step 2: Add one layer of yellow petals.

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

Step 4: Add a Thin Mint to the center.

Step 5: And a ladybug.

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.