These cactus-themed cupcakes are made in chocolate pots filled with chocolate cake, topped with chocolate ganache and biscoff crumbs, and decorated with a buttercream cactus. A full tutorial can be found in the book 'Cupcakes for any Occasion'.
1: Color the chocolate with the colourmill oil blend 'rust'.
2: Make the chocolate pots in baking cups.
3: Fill the pot with a chocolate cupcake.
4: Top the cupcake with chocolate ganache and biscoff crumbs.
5: Insert a pocky stick as a support for the buttercream cactus.
6: Use piping tip 8B to pipe the buttercream in a cactus shape.
7: Sieve desiccated coconut over the cactus to resemble spikes.
