Flip Flops in the Sand Cupcakes

Make your own personal beach. Drop your flip flops in on the cookie crumb sand and dive into an ocean blue baking cup. For an even more fun tip, tint the cake blue too.

What you need:

Reynolds® Baking Cups (Blue Party)
1 package (18.25 ounces) white cake mix
1 container (16 oz.) ready-to-spread white frosting
1/2 cup crushed vanilla wafers
Pink and yellow fondant
Tiny flower cutter

Instructions:

PREHEAT oven to 350°F. 

PLACE Reynolds Baking Cups in muffin pans; set aside. 

PREPARE cake mix following package directions for 24 cupcakes.  Spoon batter into baking cups. 

BAKE following package directions (15 to 20 minutes).  Cool.

SPREAD the top of each cupcake with frosting.

SPRINKLE about 1 teaspoon crushed vanilla wafers over the top of each cupcake for sand.

ROLL out pink fondant.  Cut 48 flip flop shapes and small circles for the center of the flowers. Place the flip flop shapes on top of the cupcakes.

ROLL out yellow fondant.  Cut 48 cut tiny strips for the straps.  Use a toothpick to indent where the strap attaches to the flip flop and moisten the indention.

CUT 48 tiny yellow flowers.

MOISTEN the ends of the straps and back of flowers.  Adhere the straps to the flip flops and add the flowers on top of the straps.  Finish by adding the pink centers to the flowers.