A Ducky Birthday Party

By Sandy Hu
The latest from Inside Special Fork

Ever since I saw the most adorable rubber ducky cupcakes in What’s New, Cupcake?, a book by Karen Tack and Alan Richardson, I’ve been dying for a chance to make them. Starting with a cupcake body, you form the duck using a doughnut hole for the head and a diagonally-cut marshmallow for the tail; then dip the whole thing into yellow frosting that’s been microwaved to whipped cream consistency.

Here’s the authors’ how-to demo; you’ll be inspired to try it yourself. I will caution that it’s not quite as easy for first-timers to control the drips and get a smooth frosting coating, as it is for these experts.

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