How to Make Bee Cupcakes
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Bee Cupcakes are a fun and easy way to make bee-themed desserts for your next party. They are perfect for kids! In this blog post, you will learn how to make bee cupcakes from top to bottom including the bee body, bee wings, bee antennae, and more!
These are fantastic cupcakes for your favorite gardener or even for that baby shower that struggles for a theme. Bees are something that everyone should know more about and be willing to try and help – they really are our friends!
Why are bees so important to us?
Bees are the beekeepers of the world; they pollinate plants and crops so that we can continue to grow food. There are no “Humans” without “Bees!”
What exactly do bees do?
Bees fly from flower to flower collecting nectar and pollen. When they visit plants, they transfer the bee’s own pollen onto other flowers so that when a bee visits another plant of the same species, it can fertilize their blossom! This ensures healthy growth for these plants.
Why are bees dying?
Pollinators like bees are dying because of gardener’s use of pesticides and fertilizers. Bees work so hard to pollinate our plants, but when peoples apply these chemicals that harm the bees, it can cause bee colonies to dwindle or even die out completely!
What is happening?
Bee populations have been declining at alarming rates in recent years with beekeepers reporting bee colony losses of more than one-third. Scientists are still examining the causes and impacts, but it is thought that a mix of pesticides, fungicides, herbicides, and lack of plant diversity may be contributing to this problem.
Do honey bees hurt us?
Honey bees are not aggressive and they do not sting people. They only attack humans if their bee colony is threatened, such as when someone takes away their honey or kills the bee’s nest.
How can we help?
The best way to save these important pollinators is by planting a bee-friendly garden with lots of different flowers. You can also buy bee-friendly plants from nurseries.
How to Make Bee Cupcakes
The yellow cupcake base can be made from either a boxed mix or the following recipe:
Bee cupcakes recipe
A good yellow cupcake recipe for the base:
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 1/4 tsp baking powder
- 1/8 tsp salt
- 2 large eggs at room temp
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup unsalted butter, cut into 1/2” cubes
- 1/2 cup milk – the higher the fat content the better
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 1/2 tsp vegetable oil
- Preheat the oven to 350°F and place the shelf in the middle of the oven. Line the muffin tin with cupcake liners.
How to make Bee cupcakes
In a large bowl whisk flour, baking powder, and salt together. Set aside.
Place butter and milk in a microwave-safe dish and zap 2 minutes on high to melt the butter.
In a separate bowl, beat eggs for 30 seconds on medium-high speed.
With the beater still going, pour the sugar in over 30 seconds.
Beat eggs for 6 minutes more on a highly faster speed, or until tripled in volume and almost pure white.
When the egg is whipped, scatter 1/3 flour across the surface, then beat on low for 5 seconds. Stop beating, add half the remaining flour, then mix again on low for 5 seconds. Add remaining flour, then mix on Speed 1 for 5 – 10 sec until the flour is just mixed in. Once you can’t see flour, stop straight away.
Pour the hot milk/butter, vanilla, and oil into the now empty flour bowl. Add about 3/4 cups of the Egg Batter into the hot milk. Use a whisk to mix until smooth. It should look kind of foamy.
With the beater on low still, pour the milk mixture into the Egg Batter over 10-15 seconds, then turn the beater off.
Fill your muffin tins with batter until they are 2/3 full. Bake 20-22 minutes until a toothpick comes out clean.
Easy Bee Cupcakes recipe
Use a dressed-up boxed cake mix. (snort)
How do you store Bee Cupcakes?
Here is the thing – with the more futzy designs, I like to make them in advance of an event or get-together. The best way to usually store your finished creations? Room Temperature.
Granted, they aren’t going to be around that long – my family of three could easily take them out in two to three days. Since you are using canned frosting instead of buttercream frosting or fondant, they should be fine for five to six days. You can learn more about that in our article How To Frost A Cupcake.
You can also make the cupcake bases in advance, the wings and antennae in advance, and even the yellow tinted frosting ahead of time. It takes very little time to assemble them all.
Bee Cupcake Candy Toppers
These are used to make the wings and antennae for your bee cupcakes.
First, you have to take 4 oz of melting chocolate and actually melt it. You can do this by placing it in the microwave for 14 seconds on high, stirring, then microwaving again. Stir until smooth and liquidy. If it starts to look grainy it means you overcooked it. Try adding a little Crisco or vegetable oil to smooth it back out.
Add that melted chocolate to your piping bag.
Take your bee template and put it under a piece of waxed paper or even parchment paper – so you can see the design thru it. Pipe ]chocolate wings on a piece of wax paper.
Also, pipe sets of the antenna onto wax paper. Let both things cool until set
Bee Cupcake Decorations
While those candy toppers are the basics of your decoration – you will want to keep that melted chocolate pastry bag handy for your bee strips. You can also add yellow glitter to your frosted bee cupcake work of art, before you add the chocolate items, to make your bee sparkly.
How to Make Bee Cupcake For Kids
You will need the following items to make your bee cupcakes:
- Baked yellow cupcakes per whichever recipe you want to use and let them cool completely.
- Yellow frosting – homemade or storebought
- Mini chocolate chips – for your bee eyes
- My bee wings template
- Your chocolate bee wings and antennae
How to Make Your HoneyBee Cupcakes
Bake cupcakes per recipe and cool completely.
Mix white frosting and yellow food coloring to make yellow frosting or use already prepared yellow frosting.
Make you chocolate wings and antennae.
Place a generous dollop of yellow frosting on the center of each cupcake.
On one end place 2 mini chocolate chips, flat side up, for the bumblebee eyes. They should be fairly close together.
Pipe chocolate stripes onto the bee’s back.
On the opposite end place, 1 mini chocolate chip point up for the stinger, if you want your bee to have one.
Carefully, remove wings from wax paper and place them on either side of the cupcake then remove the antennae from wax paper and place them behind the eyes.
Aren’t they adorable?
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