Cupcake Directions:

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degree and line your cupcake pan.
2. In a mixing bowl, combine the flour and baking soda. Set aside.
3. Using a stand mixer, cream the sugar and butter for about 3 minutes.
4. Add the eggs one at a time to the butter mixture and then the vanilla extract. Mix well.
5. Slowly add the flour mixture and milk to the butter mixture. Mix well.
6. Divide the batter into 3 bowls – one bowl add green food coloring, one bowl brown, and the last bowl black. Stir well.
7. Add a spoonful of black batter to the bottom of the cupcake liners. Then a spoonfull of brown, and a spoonful of green. Cupcake liners should be no more than 3/4 full.
8. Bake for 12 – 14 minutes or until cupcakes are done (toothpick comes out clean).
9. Allow to cool completely before icing.

Frosting Directions:

1. Cream the butter and sugar. Mix well.
2. Add the whipping cream and stir until still peaks begin to form. If you are not seeing peaks, add more sugar slowly.
3. Divide the frosting into 3 bowls. In one bowl, add 5 drops of green food coloring, in the second 5 drops of black, and the third 5 drops of brown. Keep the last bowl white.
4. Begin to add the frostings to a pastry bag with your desired tip.
5. Start with adding 1 spoonful of green frosting. With the back of a spoon, flatten the green frosting. Turn the pastry bag .
6. Start with adding 1 spoonful of black frosting. With the back of a spoon, flatten the black frosting. Turn the pastry bag .
7. Add 1 spoonful of brown frosting. With the back of a spoon, flatten the brown frosting. Turn the pastry bag .
8. Add 1 spoonful of green frosting. With the back of a spoon, flatten the green frosting. Turn the pastry bag .
9. Add 1 spoonful of white frosting. With the back of a spoon, flatten the white frosting. 10. Test to see that all of the colors comes out before starting to frost your cupcakes. Frost cupcakes & repeat until all the cupcakes are frosted.