Dotted-Letter Cupcakes

Name: Dotted-Letter Cupcakes
Yield: makes 36
Ingredients: 36 cupcakes, such as Yellow Buttermilk (page 26) or One-Bowl Chocolate (page 152); 2 recipes Cream-Cheese Frosting (page 303) or Fluffy Vanilla Frosting (page 302); 2 recipes Royal Icing (page 315); Gel- paste food color (orange, pink, red, and blue are pictured)

January 24, 2012

Spell out a birthday wish—or whatever your celebration calls for—with homemade dot letters on a big bunch of cupcakes. The colorful letters (and numbers) are made of tinted royal icing piped onto parchment paper and allowed to harden before they’re placed atop the cupcakes. To save time on the day of the party, pipe the decorations the day before.

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