Sugar Skull Minnie Mouse Cupcakes

By Erin

This is Halloween, everybody make a scene! If you’re looking for the perfect treat to celebrate Halloween or Dia de los Muertos with this weekend, this is it! How cute are these Sugar Skull Minnie Mouse Cupcakes? Perfect for Halloween at home. Enjoy some of these cupcakes and watch Coco, for a fun and tasty night in. These cupcakes of course would be fun to make anytime you are craving a sweet Disney treat. 😉 Happy Halloween!

How to make them:

Fondant Ears and bow

1 package of white fondant

1 package of pink fondant

1 wilton fondant bow mold

1 mini circle fondant cutter

1 package of edible markers (Make sure there is a black edible marker)

Directions

Sprinkle some powder sugar onto a cutting board.

Roll out the white fondant into 1/4 inch thickness and cut out 48
circles of the white fondant for the ears and set aside to dry out
overnight.

Powder your hands with powder sugar and mold the pink fondant into a ball.

Pinch off 1 teaspoon size ball of fondant and press it into the larger
bow size mold.

Make 22 bows then set aside to dry out overnight.

Next Day:

Using the black edible marker, draw out the outline of a skull.

Color in the outside of the skull in black.

Draw small circles inside to skull to create the eyes.

Draw out a line with stitching to create the mouth.

Using any colorful marker, draw floral on the skull.

Makes 22 Cupcakes.

Ingredients

1 box of french vanilla cake mix

3 large eggs room temp

1/2 Cup of softened unsalted sweet cream butter

1 Cup whole milk

cupcake liners

cupcake pan

Sky Blue, Red, Neon Green, and Pink gel food coloring

Directions

Preheat oven to 350.

Line cupcake pan with the cupcake liners.

In a medium bowl, add the cake mix, butter, milk and stir until combined.

Divide the batter into 4 bowls and mix a few drops of each color into
their own bowls.

Using a small spoon, spoon in 1 spoonful of colored batter into the
cupcake liners.

Fill cupcake liners 3/4 of the way full.

Bake in the oven for about 21 minutes.

Pull out the cupcakes and allow to cool before frosting.

Vanilla Frosting Ingredients:

3 Cup unsalted sweet cream butter, softened

6 Cup powdered sugar

5-7 tbsp. heavy whipping cream

2 tsp. vanilla extract

1 large piping bag with large star tip

Sky Blue, Red, Neon Green, and Pink gel food coloring

Directions

Using a standing mixer combine the butter, powdered sugar, heavy
whipping cream, vanilla, and mix on medium speed until combined and
smooth.

Using 4 bowls, scoop ¼ Cup of frosting into the bowls and mix a few
drops of color into their own bowls.

Using a butterknife, spoon each color in a stripe into the piping bag.

Scoop white frosting into the piping bag.

Pipe a dollop of frosting onto a plate to test and make sure that the
colored frosting comes through on the outside of the white frosting to
create a colorful swirl.

Decorating directions

Frost cooled cupcakes with the frosting.

Place Pink bow into the center of the frosting.

Place the ears on the side of the bow.