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 Test Kitchen Martha Stewart Test Kitchen The recipes developed by our test kitchen team have undergone a rigorous process of development and testing, ensuring that every element is optimal, from ingredient amounts to method and cooking time. This process includes triple-testing recipes to ensure they meet our high standards. The many stellar cooks and food editors who have been part of our team include Sarah Carey, Lucinda Scala Quinn, Jennifer Aaronson, Shira Bocar, Anna Kovel, Greg Lofts, Riley Wofford, Lauren Tyrell, and Lindsay Leopold. Editorial Guidelines Updated on April 27, 2023 Print Rate It Share Share Tweet Pin Email 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. Rate it Print