Bhudda Day Cupcakes

These are the cupcakes in more detail for Buddha Day. I think that they look best on that circular plate with sweet cocktails and all sorts of day glow decorations to create the mood but it is worth having a closer look to get cupcake decorating ideas that are easy to do and kids will love as well. This is a vanilla cupcake recipe topped off with lime curd, see chutney link for recipe for lime, lemon and orange curds. I then added jelly beans and shiny balls. I thought the colours go with the clashing of colours and patterns you can see in the costumes at the festivals in Bhutan.

This is a pineapple cupcake that has had a cone removed and filled with fresh pineapple sauce. I then added red, green and yellow glace cherries and topped off with a sweet and a flower decoration that I bought at the local supermarket. I thought the flower and clashing colours went with the Buddhist pictures from Bhutan. The cake also contains glace cherries and coconut so it is a textural delight to the tongue.

This cupcake is a pineapple cupcake topped with icing. The icing is the type you can buy in tubes with nozzles supplied. I chose these clashing colours as this combination is seen a lot in Buddhist Art in Bhutan.

This is a basic vanilla cupcake recipe, topped off with icing coloured bright yellow and sweets added and shiny ball decorations. I tried to use clashing colours as seen in Buddhist Art.

This is a vanilla cupcake recipe topped with yellow icing. I then made the shapes with transparent sweets and added shiny balls, following the patterns of Buddhist flower designs.
This is a pineapple based cupcake recipe. It is filled with fresh pineapple sauce and topped off with a red glace cherry and angelica cut into diamond shapes. I like the deep green colour of the angelica and also its texture when eaten.