Tuesday, April 7th, 2009 | Recipes

This last weekend I visited my parents in Phoenix and as soon as I walked in the door, my mom exclaimed that she had a job for me: decorating cupcakes. While I was a bit wary at first, I quickly came around when I saw how I was to decorate them. There, on the cover of Family Circle, were the most adorable Hostess recreations! If you’re interested in them, it was p. 127 of the April 17 2009 issue.

They’re surprisingly simple to make. Just bake some chocolate cupcakes and once they’re cool, insert a piping tip into the top about half an inch down, and pipe in some white frosting. Then, dip the cupcake tops in a ganache so that the tops are covered. Once they’re dried, simply pipe on some frosting in curly-q’s.

Now you too can buy the ingredients and bake your own hostess cupcake instead of having to go to the painstaking trouble of unwrapping a pre-made one!