Minnie Mouse Cupcakes
These vanilla cupcakes are transformed into Minnie Mouse for a fun party. Find sugar candy to add as toppings at your local bulk store or make your own!
- Prep Time: 45 mins
- Cook Time: 20 mins
- Total Time: 1 hour 5 mins
- Yield: 24 1x
- Category: Dessert
- Cuisine: American
Ingredients
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- 3/4 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 1 3/4 cups sugar
- 3 large eggs, at room temperature
- 1 1/2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
- 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 3 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/3 cups full milk
Toppings
- 48 chocolate rounds, from a bulk store
- 24 royal icing bows, or sugared bows of some kind
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350ËšF. Line two muffin tins with cupcake liners and set aside.
- Using an electric mixer cream butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs, one at a time. Add vanilla.
- In a separate bowl, mix together flour, baking powder and salt until well incorporated.
- Alternate flour mixture and milk to the butter mixture, beat on low speed just until combined.
- Using an ice-cream scoop, scoop equal amounts into each muffin cup.
- Bake for approx. 18- 22 minutes or just until the tops start to spring back.
- Let cool on cooling rack.
- Make frosting (see recipe below).
- Using a star tip, pipe icing on each cupcake, use 2 chocolate rounds for the ears and place a bow in the middle of the ears.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 plain cupcake
- Calories: 381
- Sugar: 29.1g
- Sodium: 91mg
- Fat: 7.6g
- Saturated Fat: 4.4g
- Unsaturated Fat: 0
- Trans Fat: 0
- Carbohydrates: 71.1g
- Fiber: 1.5g
- Protein: 7.6g
- Cholesterol: 39mg
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