Clown Cupcakes

Name: Clown Cupcakes
Ingredients: 1 package yellow cake mix (regular size); 3 cans (16 ounces each) vanilla frosting, divided; Yellow, red and blue paste food coloring; 24 ice cream sugar cones; Assorted candies: M&M's miniature baking bits, red shoestring licorice and cherry sour ball candies

5 ingredients

3 steps

Ingredients

1 package yellow cake mix (regular size)
3 cans (16 ounces each) vanilla frosting, divided
Yellow, red and blue paste food coloring
24 ice cream sugar cones
Assorted candies: M&M's miniature baking bits, red shoestring licorice and cherry sour ball candies

Directions

1

Prepare and bake cake batter according to package directions for cupcakes. Cool completely on wire racks. Divide two cans of frosting among three bowls; tint with yellow, red and blue food coloring.
2

For clown hats, use a serrated knife or kitchen scissors to cut 2 in. from the open end of each cone. Frost cones with tinted frosting; decorate with baking bits. Place on waxed paper for 30 minutes or until frosting is set.
3

Frost cupcakes with remaining vanilla frosting. Leaving room for the hat on each cupcake, make a clown face and hair with candies. Pipe a matching ruffle on each. Carefully position a hat on each cupcake.