Bhudda Day Cupcakes

These are the cupcakes in more detail for Buddha Day. I think that they look best on that circular plate with sweet cocktails and all sorts of day glow decorations to create the mood but it is worth having a closer look to get cupcake decorating ideas that are easy to do and kids will love as well. This is a vanilla cupcake recipe topped off with lime curd, see chutney link for recipe for lime, lemon and orange curds. I then added jelly beans and shiny balls. I thought the colours go with the clashing of colours and patterns you can see in the costumes at the festivals in Bhutan.

This is a pineapple cupcake that has had a cone removed and filled with fresh pineapple sauce. I then added red, green and yellow glace cherries and topped off with a sweet and a flower decoration that I bought at the local supermarket. I thought the flower and clashing colours went with the Buddhist pictures from Bhutan. The cake also contains glace cherries and coconut so it is a textural delight to the tongue.

This cupcake is a pineapple cupcake topped with icing. The icing is the type you can buy in tubes with nozzles supplied. I chose these clashing colours as this combination is seen a lot in Buddhist Art in Bhutan.

This is a basic vanilla cupcake recipe, topped off with icing coloured bright yellow and sweets added and shiny ball decorations. I tried to use clashing colours as seen in Buddhist Art.

This is a vanilla cupcake recipe topped with yellow icing. I then made the shapes with transparent sweets and added shiny balls, following the patterns of Buddhist flower designs.
This is a pineapple based cupcake recipe. It is filled with fresh pineapple sauce and topped off with a red glace cherry and angelica cut into diamond shapes. I like the deep green colour of the angelica and also its texture when eaten.

Buddha Day Ideas

Last Christmas myself and my husband spent it doing a birding, wildlife and cultural holiday in the Kingdom of Bhutan. As it is Buddha day on May 2. I decided to share some of my photos. They just show some of the festivals, prayer flags and colours and patterns of the Art of Bhutan. I hope to do some cupcakes based on these ideas for the day next week. In the meantime I hope you like these few photos.

Remember to check out all the labels for lots of recipes and ideas. The cupcake store has more as well.

Going to make these asap!