Instructions

• Bake cupcakes from a favorite recipe or box mix and cool them completely. Trim domes so tops are level.
• Beat butter, shortening, confectioners sugar, vanilla, and milk until smooth and firm enough to pipe.
• Pipe a ring of frosting around each cupcake edge.
• Pipe six or seven daisy petals from the center toward the edge, then fill gaps.
• Melt candy melts in 20-second intervals, pipe dollops onto parchment, top with nonpareils, and chill.
• Place one candy center in each flower.
• Roll yellow fondant into small oval bee bodies.
• Cut thin black fondant strips and wrap two around each body.
• Shape a black fondant cone and attach it as a stinger.
• Press tiny black fondant balls onto each face for eyes.
• Flatten white fondant circles, pinch into teardrops, and attach two wings to each bee.
• Set each bee on a daisy center; use a toothpick for transport if needed.