• St. Patrick's Day cupcakes are festively decorated in the spirit of holiday with a variety of different techniques. Popular colors include green, white and orange and candies like gumdrops, sprinkles and colored crystal sugar make for delicious decorations.

• Fast Facts

  1. St. Patrick's Day is March 17 every year
  2. In 2009, St. Patrick's Day falls on a Tuesday
  3. Popular St. Patrick's day imagery includes Leprechauns and shamrocks
  4. Traditional colors are green, orange and white
  5. Flavoring variations: Vanilla, chocolate, mint, corned beef and cabbage, Bailey's Irish Creme and Guinness
  6. Decorated cupcakes are a great treat for classroom parties
  7. Colored fondant can be shaped into clovers or other St. Patrick's Day designs
  8. Green and orange food coloring can be added to plain white frosting or cake batter for a more festive cupcake
  9. Some companies offer festive cupcake papers decorated in shamrocks, leprechauns and rainbows with pots of gold at the end

• St. Patrick's Day Cupcakes Tips & Designs

  You can create your own shamrock shaped cupcakes without a special cupcake pan by using marbles underneath the cupcake paper. After pouring cake batter into cake cups, drop three marbles between the pan and the paper. This will shape your cupcakes into delicious shamrocks.Easy Cupcakes: St. Patrick's Day Cupcakes

  St. Patrick's Day cupcakes can be simple or complex. Recipezaar suggests adding pistachio pudding to regular cake mix to give cupcakes a green hue and enhance their flavor.Recipezaar: St. Patrick's Day Cupcakes

  Disney's website, FamilyFun.com, recommends fashioning green licorice into shamrocks and fastening them to the cupcakes with green-colored frosting.FamilyFun.com: Clover Cupcakes

  Martha Stewart uses a simple technique of adding one or two real clovers atop white frosting. Don't forget to discard the inedible garnish before consuming.Martha Stewart: Saint Patrick's Day Cupcakes

  
  

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