Cute Apple Cupcakes

Okay, this is from the book What's New, Cupcake by Karen Tack and Alan Richardson. It is not my recipe!!

 But I did make them this weekend! And they were so cute! This recipe is with my variations.

You need:
12 cupcakes in red or pink paper liners
1 can vanilla frosting (or 1 and 1/2 cups homemade)
Red food coloring (gel works better)
6 mini chocolate-covered doughnuts
3 mini Tootsie Rolls
2 green Tootsie Fruit Rolls
Red decorating sugar

Directions:

Cut doughnuts in half like sandwich bread.

Put a bunch of decorating sugar in a wide, shallow bowl.

Using the food coloring, dye the frosting red.

Using a paring knife, cut each regular Tootsie Roll into 4 pieces (try making them more like triangles than rectangles).

Cut each green Tootsie Roll into 6 pieces. Roll them in your hands to warm them, and shape them into leaves.

Put some frosting on top of the cupcake to glue the doughnuts on.

Press the doughnut half on top, cut side down.

Frost over the whole thing. The hole in the doughnut will give it an apple shape.

Dip into decorating sugar, rolling sides in it also.

Stick a "stem" and a "leaf" in the top of each one.

Enjoy! <3