Shake Your Maracas with this Cinco de Mayo Cupcake Tutorial!

I can­not believe it’s already May! Seri­ous­ly… where does the time go?! Espe­cial­ly with all the trav­el­ing I’ve been doing late­ly with the Sweet Book Tour, it seems like I’m los­ing track of time and then May just sneaked up on me! But since it is May, it must mean that Cin­co de Mayo is almost upon us. Though many peo­ple mis­tak­en­ly refer to this day as the Mex­i­can Inde­pen­dence Day, it is actu­al­ly a remem­brance of Mex­i­co’s defeat over the French army back in 1862. With that being said, in many places, espe­cial­ly the US, the hol­i­day has mor­phed into a more cel­e­bra­to­ry event… and anoth­er rea­son to party!

So what bet­ter way to cel­e­brate than with these fes­tive Cin­co de Mayo cup­cakes, includ­ed in my book Sweet & Unique Cup­cake Top­pers ?! Okay, so some might argue that com­mem­o­rat­ing with a bit of alco­hol is a large part of the fun, so why not com­bine these fes­tive fon­dant top­pers with some liquor-infused con­fec­tions, such as these mar­gari­ta cup­cakes fea­tured on cup­cakes and cash­mere from Tro­phy Cup­cakes’ new book, Cup­cakes & Par­ties!

Though the tuto­ri­als includ­ed in my book, head over to the Craft­sy blog to get the free step-by-step instruc­tions to make your own Cin­co de Mayo cup­cakes for this year’s fies­ta celebration!

For addi­tion­al Mex­i­can-inspired par­ty ideas, be sure to check out the amaz­ing Skip­pyjon Jones Four-esta Par­ty by my incred­i­bly tal­ent­ed friend, Brit­tany of Grey­Grey Designs! Besides talk­ing about this fab­u­lous tiered som­brero stand she made to hold cup­cakes and the fon­dant top­pers I made for her, you just HAVE to check out the incred­i­ble taco shell ban­ner she made for her backdrop!!!

Hope your Cin­co de Mayo fes­tiv­i­ties are extra sweet this year!

Merci Beaucoup!

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