Apple Crisp CupCakess, Buttercream Icing w/ a candied topping... Yum!

For the past week I've been wanting to try a new cupcake flavor...(While I love baking, I'm not a big fan of eating them..just preparing them..silly I know)...so I asked FB, family and friends and they came up with so great ideas..I'll probably use them all later. Then today I thought to myself, "I would like something with brown sugar and a fruit." I came across these Apple Crisp cupcakes and so the journey began.

~Deliciously Keysh

Ariel Cinnamon Swirl Cake

With a 50% coupon on bake ware from Michaels it was definite I would be purchasing something for my next yummy creation.

My daughter loves Ariel so I bought an Ariel pan and decided to duplicate a Cinnamon Swirl cupcake (from scratch) I previously ate. Before baking I place cinnamon and brown sugar on top of the batter (already poured in pan)...BEST IDEA EVER!!!!



Duplicating the cake to resemble the Ariel picture was quite interesting. I used black icing first to define the drawing then I used Whipped Butter cream icing instead of regular vanilla icing which proved difficult when pipping. Because of the smooth form of the icing it wouldn't hold the small pipe shapes very well, so I had to improvise and just keep it moving.

I still think it came out very well for my first time painting a face with icing lol. (however I was scared to draw the nose smh).

~Deliciously Keysh