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I know what your thinking..”It’s not Halloween; what’s up with the skull cupcakes? I had a perfectly good reason to make these sugar skull cupcakes in the middle of February. They were a birthday present for one of my very best friends. Sugar skulls are kind of her “thing”. She and her husband vacation in Mexico often and their trips always coincide with the Day of the Dead. They were even married there during the Day of the Dead. When I came across this post from My Cake School I knew she had to have sugar skull birthday cupcakes.
The Day of the Dead or Dia de los Muertos is a holiday celebrated in Mexico, on November 1 & 2nd, to remember & pray for the deceased. They believe that on these days the souls of the deceased return to spend time with their families. The sugar skulls are colorful decorations made by pressing sugar onto skull shaped molds. They represent the departed soul and are placed on the oferenda or gravestone to honor the return of the spirit.
To make these sugar skulls all you need is some white chocolate, colorful royal icing, fun sprinkles and this skull ice cube tray I found on Amazon.com.
Start by melting the white chocolate in a double boiler.
Once the chocolate is melted, pour it into the skull molds.
Place the molds in the freezer for about 30 minutes or until they are hard. Once set, pop them out of the molds. Pipe the details using royal icing. I made these flowers out of gum paste to use on the sugar skulls and cupcakes. They were cut out using a Wilton small blossom cutter.
Once the sugar skulls have dried place them on top of frosted cupcakes and voila…
Enjoy!
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Those are so cute! My girls would love those.
So cute! is ofrenda btw
you did a great job w/ all the detail here – your friend was pretty lucky!
so cute!
These are awesome – wonderful work on these.
Love for you to share it at my “Made by ME” Linky Party Wednesdays
http://www.jaqsstudio.com/2012/02/made-by-me-20-linky-party.html
These look so great! They’re perfect for the Day of The Dead celebration.
Beautiful, cute and very creative of you
Hi there! I’m visiting you from your link up on Tip Junkie. I’d like to invite you to link up with us for Fun Stuff Fridays linky party! http://www.toysinthedryer.com/2012/03/fun-stuff-fridays-13.html
Wow – great cupcakes. I bet that took a lot of patience decorating all those skulls.
Wow, these are works of art. Gorgeous. Saw them on a few linky parties but clicked over from Alli n Son’s Sweet Tooth Friday.
Stopping by from the Weekend Wrap UP Party!!! http://queenofsavings.com
very cute! I love how cutesy the skulls are!
Awesome! These are being featured today at Mrs. Foxs Sweet Party
they are so cute & lovely skulls!!Hope your friend enjoyed them much…Thanks for sharing
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