Heart Shaped

• This is a special cake idea for Valentine's Day. You'll need to bake 43 mini cupcakes, four containers of cream cheese frosting and red food coloring. Empty the frosting into a large bowl and mix in one drop of food coloring until the desired color is reached. Scoop the frosting into a piping bag with a tip already attached. Arrange your cupcakes on a piece of cardboard covered with aluminum foil. Start decorating the cupcakes. Put a small dollop of frosting on the bottom of each cupcake to hold them in place.
  
  

Pumpkin

• This is great treat for Halloween. To make a cupcake pumpkin you will need 24 cupcakes, green and black licorice twists, candy corn and two cans of vanilla frosting. Place 23 cupcakes close together forming a pumpkin shape on a 13-inch piece of cardboard, covered in aluminum foil. Place the remaining cupcake above the pumpkin for the stem. Mix the frosting with orange food coloring. Then frost the cupcakes and the spaces in between. Decorate with the candy to create the pumpkin face and use the green licorice for the stem.
  
  

Bunny Cake

• For a bunny pull apart cake, you'll need 12 cupcakes, two cans of vanilla frosting, flaked coconut, red food coloring, assorted candies, miniature marshmallows, chocolate chips and 13-inch round piece of cardboard. To create the head, arrange seven cupcakes in the shape of a circle and add two cupcakes on each side for the ears. Frost the cupcakes filling in the spaces as well. Slice the remaining cupcake in half. Put these halves on the bunny head as the cheeks. Color the coconut with the red food coloring to make the flakes pink. Sprinkle the coconut on the cheeks and the outsides of each ear. Sprinkle white coconut on the remaining areas. Using the assorted candies to create the bunny face.
  
  

Spider Web

• You need 24 cupcakes, orange food coloring, two cans of vanilla frosting, one tube black decorating gel and plastic spiders. On a large round platter, arrange the cupcakes closely together. Mix food coloring and frosting in a large bowl until you are satisfied with the color. Spread the frosting over the cupcakes and the spaces as well. Use the black decorating gel to create the spider web on top of the cupcakes. Put the plastic spiders on top of the web.