Patriot Pride cupcakes

PATRIOT PRIDE CUPCAKES…

I made these cupcakes for the marching band competition hosted last Fall by my son’s high school, Red Land Marching Patriots (hence the patriotic colors and music notes).

I cheated this time by using a yellow box mix for the cupcake itself.  I then made a basic buttercream icing.  I then used Wilton Red Candy Melts to make the music notes, melting the chocolate and forming the notes on wax paper.  I took spray food coloring (in a can sold in the baking aisle), I sprayed the blue coloring on the white buttercream and then placed the music notes on the cupcakes for the finished product.