Have a "Just Beachy" Birthday Party or Luau with Hollie's Theme Cupcakes!

by Hollie Cicogna
(Monrovia California)

"Just Beachy" By Hollie Cicogna

"Those Cupcakes are Amazing!", is what I heard all day long after bringing my "Just Beachy" cupcakes to my son Dominic's school "Beach Days" Carnival.

This is my own idea... It's special and meaningful to me and my son. We just ask that you do not abuse our ideas or make money from them without our partnership.
Thank You.
Hollie Cicogna holliewould2001@yahoo.com

*Easy & Fun Decorating Instructions: What do you need?

*Cupcakes- Standard Muffin Tin

#1 Any Box Cake Mix (Easy)

#2 Pina Colada Cake Batter (Fun) and pretty easy too!
1 White cake Mix, 1 small can of crushed pineapple (drained), and 1/2C. Shaved coconut (sweetend tastes best)

1 bag of Large Marshmellows

4 C. Any kind of frosting (I made 7 minute icing & butter cream is what I used for shine and texture but anything works)

Electric Blue food coloring

Ziplock Freezer Bag (Easy) (I choose these because they're durable but you can use what you like)

Piping Bag and tips (Fun)

1/2 C Brown Sugar

Mini surf boards and flip flops (Easy & Fun Options)
*You can buy plastic ones (EASY opt.1) or get some sugar cookie dough, roll it out thin, and cut out these shapes. Then bake and decorate them in your own (Fun opt.2) way!

Decorating Time!!

Seperate frosting, Color 1/2 Electric Blue Leave remaining White.
Then frost entire cupcake white and on one side 1/2" from the top put on a marshmellow. With a portion of the blue; put it in the ziplock and snip off just the corner as close to the tip as you can, making a small hole for piping. Then mark off you shore line.
With the blue and a butter knife fill in the "water" covering the entire marshmellow too. Then get your brown sugar and sprinkle over the remaing white portion to create the "shore".
Then in another ziplock put a portion of remaing white in and cut just like before except just a little further from the tip. Only a little bigger of a hole.
Then decorate a swirl on the side of marhmellow, and wave foam. This gives the effect of a crashing wave.
(If you choose Opt.2 for surf boards and flip flops then you will color thos as you wish.)
Place the surf boards and flip flops on the cupcake and you're done!

My son & I had a great time making these together. We hope you do too!