These fish cupcakes were featured in Cupcakes, Cookies & Pies, Oh, My! and I've been wanting to try them for some time. Since today is poisson d'avril - or April Fish (our April Fool's Day), I thought this would be the perfect opportunity to use my fish.
I used a simple Devil's Food box mix (with a few added ingredients to improve the taste. For the decorating, I used buttercream frosting tinted with either orange or green to make the fish. I had originally planned to make twelve fish, but I ate a few too many M&Ms the day before...so I only had enough for eight. Fortunately, the cupcakes didn't pose much of a challenge. I added the M&Ms to make the scales, and then flattened gumdrops for the fins. (I was rather surprised at how easy it was to flatten the gumdrops - though I did have to use toothpicks to support the rear fin.) Sadly, I felt my fish were a little lacking when compared to those in the book - though I'm assuming the authors are slightly more professional than me.)
