Despicable Me Minions Cupcakes
These Minion cupcakes are the perfect dessert for a cute Despicable Me birthday party. These are probably the cutest things besides those adorable Minions!
Minion Cupcakes
Easily make these cupcakes by using a box mix and then using fondant to shape your Minions. Kevin, Stuart and Bob are the popular Minion names and we could not help to make these cute cupcakes.
How to Make Minion Cupcakes
Ingredients
Cake box mix and the ingredients to make them into cupcakes
2 sticks butter
4 cups confectioners’ sugar
1 tsp vanilla
2-4 tbsp milk
12 oz. white fondant, divided
Black gel food coloring
Yellow gel food coloring
Silver food luster
Cornstarch (for rolling)
20 white candy melts
Small bowl of water (for decorating)
Yields: About 24 cupcakes
Prepare your cupcakes according to the box’s directions. Allow to cool completely before decorating. (Cake box mix usually yields 24 cupcakes)
Line a baking sheet with wax paper. Add 4-5 drops of yellow food coloring on 7 oz. of your white fondant. Fold until fondant is completely yellow. On a working surface lightly dusted with cornstarch, roll out your fondant so that it’s ¼ of an inch thick. Using a cookie cutter, cut out circular shapes so that it can easily cover the top of each cupcake. Place on the lined baking sheet.
Dab 4 oz. of your white fondant with a little bit of black gel food coloring (2 small drops) and fold until the fondant is grey in color. Shape them into long strips (you’ll need 20 of them) and place on your lined baking sheet.
Color 1 oz. of your white fondant with more black gel food coloring so that the fondant turns completely black (you can add your grey fondant if you have any leftover from the strips). Cut into small circles and place on lined baking sheet. Cut the remaining into ultra-fine pieces (these will act as the Minions’ hair).
For the icing, use an electric mixer to beat the butter, sugar, vanilla, and milk on high. You’ll want your buttercream to form stiff peaks. Add confectioners’ sugar to stiffen it up or milk to loosen it. Remember, if you’re adding extra of either ingredient, only add one tablespoon at a time.
Using an offset spatula, frost each of your cupcakes and carefully place the circular yellow fondant pieces on each one.
Using a toothpick, frost the back of each candy melt and place in the center of your yellow fondant. These will act as part of your Minions’ eyes. Alternate between putting one eye and two eyes on each Minion.
Using a toothpick, dot some buttercream on the back of your black fondant circles. Add to the center of each white candy melt.
Brush some water on the back of your grey fondant pieces (this will help them stick) and place around the eyes. They will act as your Minions’ goggles! Add sides to their goggles by adding a small piece on either side of their eyes. Brush on silver food luster to the grey fondant.
Brush some water on the top of your Minions’ heads. Add small black fondant pieces – now your little Minions’ have hair! Enjoy!
**You can use black writing gel as well***
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How to Make Minion Cupcakes
These Minion cupcakes are the perfect dessert for a cute
Despicable Me birthday party. These are probably the cutest things besides those adorable Minions!
Ingredients
- Cake box mix and the ingredients to make them into cupcakes
- 2 sticks butter
- 4 cups confectioners’ sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 2-4 tbsp milk
- 12 oz. white fondant, divided
- Black gel food coloring
- Yellow gel food coloring
- Silver food luster
- Cornstarch (for rolling)
- 20 white candy melts
- Small bowl of water (for decorating)
Instructions
Prepare your cupcakes according to the box’s directions.
Allow to cool completely before decorating. (Cake box mix usually yields 24
cupcakes)
Line a baking sheet with wax paper. Add 4-5 drops of yellow
food coloring on 7 oz. of your white fondant. Fold until fondant is completely
yellow. On a working surface lightly dusted with cornstarch, roll out your
fondant so that it’s ¼ of an inch thick. Using a cookie cutter, cut out
circular shapes so that it can easily cover the top of each cupcake. Place on
the lined baking sheet.
Dab 4 oz. of your white fondant with a little bit of black
gel food coloring (2 small drops) and fold until the fondant is grey in color.
Shape them into long strips (you’ll need 20 of them) and place on your lined
baking sheet.
Color 1 oz. of your white fondant with more black gel food
coloring so that the fondant turns completely black (you can add your grey
fondant if you have any leftover from the strips). Cut into small circles and
place on lined baking sheet. Cut the remaining into ultra-fine pieces (these
will act as the Minions’ hair).
For the icing, use an electric mixer to beat the butter,
sugar, vanilla, and milk on high. You’ll want your buttercream to form stiff
peaks. Add confectioners’ sugar to stiffen it up or milk to loosen it.
Remember, if you’re adding extra of either ingredient, only add one tablespoon
at a time.
Using an offset spatula, frost each of your cupcakes and
carefully place the circular yellow fondant pieces on each one.
Using a toothpick, frost the back of each candy melt and
place in the center of your yellow fondant. These will act as part of your
Minions’ eyes. Alternate between putting one eye and two eyes on each Minion.
Using a toothpick, dot some buttercream on the back of your
black fondant circles. Add to the center of each white candy melt.
Brush some water on the back of your grey fondant pieces
(this will help them stick) and place around the eyes. They will act as your
Minions’ goggles! Add sides to their goggles by adding a small piece on either
side of their eyes. Brush on silver food luster to the grey fondant.
Brush some water on the top of your Minions’ heads. Add
small black fondant pieces – now your little Minions’ have hair! Enjoy!