Mothers Day Cupcakes

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Mother's Day Cupcakes are a tasty idea to bring to your mom when you visit her on Mother's Day, rather than a bouquet of flowers or a store-bought Mother's Day card.
Fast Facts
1. Mother's Day in 2009 is on May 10, 2009
2. Many bakeries make special cupcakes for different holidays
3. Cupcakes are small cakes, made for one person
4. Made in a cupcake tin, individual paper or foil tins, pottery cups, coffee mugs or ramekins
5. Known as "fairy cakes" in the United Kingdom
6. Popular with both children and adults
7. Made with a modified cake recipe
8. Decorated with fanciful colors and shapes or sprinkles
9. Mother's Day cupcakes decorated with flowers or fancy bonnets or the word "MOM"
10. Decorated Mother's Day cupcakes use a spring or flowery theme
Cupcakes for Mom

Special cupcakes for the spring holiday of Mother's Day should reflect the season. Use any standard cupcake recipe for chocolate or yellow cake. Decorate the cupcakes as if they were flowers such as tulips or carnations, or other spring images. Put the letters M-O-M on the top of a set of cupcakes and add a pretty ribbon. Use butter cream and jelly beans to create pastel flowers and green leaves and stems; or make a basket or bonnet drawn out of colored icing.
If all else fails, go to your local bakery and see what spring cakes they have to offer.

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