Crown Jewel Cupcake Pull-Apart Cake

  • 2 boxes of Over the Top yellow premium cake mix
  • 6 large eggs, 2 1/2 cups water, 2/3 cup vegetable oil
  • Standard muffin pans
  • Mini muffin pans for 36 mini cupcakes
  • Cake board and pink wrapping paper
  • Over the Top simple everyday baking cups
  • Over the Top mini baking cups
  • 2 tubes Over the Top violet ready to use buttercream decorating icing
  • 2 tubs Over the Top white buttercream icing
  • Over the Top write-on gels (We used violet and pink.)
  • Over the Top color gels (We used neon pink.)
  • Over the Top sanding sugars (We used violet and dark pink.)
  • Over the Top sugar beads (We used purple and pink.)
  • Over the Top pearl sugar beads.
  • Over the Top icing spatula
  • Over the Top decorate it starter kit (We used decorating bag, coupler, collar and small round tip #12.)
  • 2 mixing bowls
  • 2 small plates for dipping
  1. Prepare 24 standard cupcakes and 36 mini cupcakes according to package directions. Cool completely. (Note: You’ll need only 5 standard cupcakes, so freeze the rest for future decorating projects.) Pour sanding sugars on separate plates.
  2. Place mini cupcakes on prepared cake board in shape of tiara. Place 5 standard cupcakes at crown points on top. In a bowl, combine 1 tub of white buttercream icing with one tube of violet ready to use decorating icing. Mix well.
  3. Fit decorating bag with coupler and collar, and fill bag with purple icing. Pipe along the outer edge of the crown, excluding the bottom row and crown points.
  4. Fill in crown with purple icing.
  5. Use the spatula to spread and swirl the icing.
  6. Fit small round tip #12 to second tube of violet ready to use decorating icing. Pipe a dollop in center of each of mini cupcakes in bottom row.
  7. Immediately dip each bottom-row mini cupcake into violet sanding sugar to coat tops.
  8. For the five cupcakes making crown points, spoon half tub of white buttercream icing into bowl and add one drop of neon pink color gel. Mix well. Continue to add drops of gel to achieve desired shade. Fit second decorating bag with coupler and collar , and fill bag with pink icing.
  9. Begin piping around the outer edge of each cupcake. Pipe second layer in slightly smaller circle. Pipe third layer in smaller circle. Finish with a swirl and pull up.
  10. Immediately roll edge of cupcake ind ark pink sanding sugar. Repeat piping and rolling with remaining four cupcakes.
  11. Use pink write-on gel to pipe a swirl starting at top of cupcake and spiraling down to outer bottom edge. Pipe larger dot at top of cupcake. Immediately place a sugar bead on top of gel. Decorate crown with violet write-on gel and purple and pearl sugar beads.