Food & Cooking Recipes Dessert & Treats Recipes Cupcake Recipes Sunflower Cupcakes Be the first to rate & review! Piped buttercream forms the petals of these blooming beauties, while chocolate-covered sunflower seeds create the centers. By Martha Stewart Martha Stewart Martha Stewart is a bestselling author, entrepreneur, and lifestyle expert who has taught millions of people through generations the joy of entertaining, cooking, gardening, collecting, crafting, and home renovating via her eponymous magazine, Martha Stewart Living, Emmy-winning television shows, and 99 books (and counting). Based in Katonah, N.Y., where she helms her 156-acre Bedford Farm, Martha is America's first self-made female billionaire. Editorial Guidelines Updated on April 27, 2023 Rate PRINT Share Close Photo: Raymond Hom These cheerful frosted cupcakes are just the treat to brighten up everything from a Mother's Day brunch to a bridal shower tea party. To decorate, our Swiss Meringue Buttercream is tinted yellow and piped along the edges of your favorite flavor cupcake to create the delicate flower petals, while chocolate-covered sunflower seeds form the centers. 18 Creative Cupcake Decorating Ideas Ingredients Cupcakes (any flavor) Swiss Meringue Buttercream for Cupcake Decorating, tinted with yellow gel-paste food coloring Chocolate-covered sunflower seeds Tools Pastry bag Small leaf pastry tip Directions Starting at edge of an unfrosted cupcake, pipe 3 to 4 circles of petals with buttercream, working inward and overlapping, leaving center empty. Fill center with chocolate-covered sunflower seeds. Originally appeared: Martha Stewart Living, February 2009 Rate It PRINT