Celebrate May Day on Monday, May 1, 2023 with your family. May Day is an ancient festival of Spring - dances, singing, and cake are typically part of the festivities celebrating the start of the month of May. I have a fun and easy recipe on how to make marshmallow flower cupcakes using colored sugar and sprinkles with your kids.
Fun Fact: May Day also happens to be the halfway point between the spring equinox and the summer solstice.
Learn more about "May Day" origin, traditions and celebrations.
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Ingredients:
- Colored sprinkles, candies, colored sugar and other edible decorations
- Bag of large or mini marshmallows - We used mini marshmallows because they form leaves easy when you cut them in half
- vanilla frosting - 16-ounce container
- Optional - Green Food coloring or any color for your cupcakes base
- Small clean paint brush
- 24 Yellow or Chocolate cupcakes baked - homemade, from a mix or store-bought
- Kitchen scissors or plastic knives
Get Ready
- Bake your cupcakes and let them cool off - I like to freeze them so they are easy to work with
- Place colored sprinkles, candies, colored sugar and edible decoration in small bowls
- Get a small bowl of water
- Tint the frosting into a green color - optional
- Cut marshmallows so they are in leaves - Spray blades of kitchen scissors or plastic knife with cooking spray / wipe with a little cooking oil. Cut large marshmallow crosswise into 4 slices to form leaves or halves for mini marshmallows.
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Assembling the Garden
- Frost your cupcakes - you can use the colored frosting
- Assemble your marshmallow leaves on cupcake and arrange marshmallow petals on top of each cupcake to resemble a flower, pressing the marshmallows into the frosting
- Take finger or small paintbrush and brush water onto leaves lightly so its slightly sticky
- Using fingers or spoon to sprinkle colored sugar or sprinkles onto leaves. They should stick as leaves are slightly moistened
Enjoy your flower cupcakes!
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Previously published article - updated by Brenna Gutell, publisher Macaroni KID Conejo Valley - Malibu - Calabasas
