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    How to Make Mermaid Tail Cupcakes

    Published: Jun 3, 2019 · Modified: Jun 14, 2023 by Alison · This post may contain affiliate links ·

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    How to Make Mermaid Tail CupcakesA party is not a party without mermaid cupcakes at least at my party. I’m a lover of all things mermaid so I can never resist creating anything mermaid-ish such as these mermaid Easter eggs. I love how these cupcakes turned out and think they are perfect for the ultimate mermaid birthday party. I will tell you that it will take some patience to make these but you’ll love the results in the end. 

    Mermaid Tail Cupcakes

    How to Make Mermaid Sprinkles

    Use 1 pouch of Light green, Light Blue, and Purple Nonpareil’s and sprinkle Jimmies and combine all 6 pouches into a bowl and mix until completely combined.


    How to Make Mermaid Tails

    Ingredients

    • 1 mermaid silicone fondant mold 
    • 1 tube of Pink fondant
    • 1 cup of corn starch
    • 1 food safe paint brush 
    • 1 can of gold cake spray 

    Directions

    Lightly powder your hands with the cornstarch and start to work the fondant until it becomes soft and easy to work with.

    Using one of the brushes, dip it into the cornstarch and lightly coat the silicon mold.

    Tear off a tablespoon amount of fondant and mold it into the tail mold.

    Once that is done, let it sit for 5-10 minutes before flipped over the mold and carefully push out the fondant tail out of the mold.

    Once all tails have been molded, spray the top of the tail with the gold spray.

    Let the mold dry for 1 hour.


    Mermaid Tail Cupcakes

    Makes 18 Cupcakes

    Ingredients

    • 1 box of vanilla cake mix
    • 3 eggs
    • ½ C of softened unsalted sweet cream butter
    • 1 C whole milk
    • 1TBSP pure vanilla bean paste
    • cupcake liners
    • cupcake pan

    Directions for Cupcakes

    Preheat oven to 350 and line cupcake pan with the liners.

    In a medium bowl, combine the cake mix, butter, milk, and vanilla bean pasta and mix until combined.

    Using a medium ice cream scoop, scoop the batter into the cupcake liners and fill about ¾ of the way full.

    Bake in the oven for about 21 minutes.

    Pull out and place on the side to cool.


    Frosting Ingredients

    • 1 C unsalted sweet cream butter, softened
    • 2 ½ C powder sugar
    • 1 tsp vanilla
    • 3-5 TBSP heavy whipping cream
    • pink and blue gel food coloring
    • 1 disposable piping bag
    • 1 disposable piping bag with a star tip
    • 1 C mermaid sprinkles

    Directions for Frosting

    Using a standing mixer, combine all ingredients and mix on medium speed.

    If your frosting starts looking like powdery rocks, add another tablespoon of heavy whipping cream.

    Mix until you see creamy stiffed peaks.

    Once the frosting is made, split it into two bowls.

    Add about 2 drops of each color in their own bowls and mix until the color is completely mixed.

    Scoop the pink frosting into the first disposable piping bag.

    Scoop the blue frosting into the second disposable piping bag with the star tip.

    Decorating Directions

    Using the pink frosting, pipe a medium size dollop onto the top of the cupcake.

    Use a butter knife and smooth out the frosting all around the top of the cupcakes.

    Dip the top of the cupcake into the mermaid sprinkles.

    Using the blue frosting, pipe a medium dollop into the center of the cupcake.

    Insert in your mermaid tail.

    Enjoy!

    How to Make Mermaid Tail Cupcakes

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    Mermaid Tail Cupcakes

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    Mermaid Tails Ingredients

    • 1 mermaid silicone fondant mold
    • 1 tube of Pink fondant
    • 1 cup of corn starch
    • 1 food safe paint brush
    • 1 can of gold cake spray

    Mermaid Tail Cupcakes Ingredients

    • 1 box of vanilla cake mix
    • 3 eggs
    • ½ C of softened unsalted sweet cream butter
    • 1 C whole milk
    • 1 TBSP pure vanilla bean paste
    • cupcake liners
    • cupcake pan

    Frosting Ingredients

    • 1 C unsalted sweet cream butter softened
    • 2 ½ C powder sugar
    • 1 tsp vanilla
    • 3-5 TBSP heavy whipping cream
    • pink and blue gel food coloring
    • 1 disposable piping bag
    • 1 disposable piping bag with a star tip
    • 1 C mermaid sprinkles

    Instructions
     

    How to Make Mermaid Sprinkles

    • Use 1 pouch of Light green, Light Blue, and Purple Nonpareil's and sprinkle Jimmies and combine all 6 pouches into a bowl and mix until completely combined.

    Mermaid Tails Directions

    • Lightly powder your hands with the cornstarch and start to work the fondant until it becomes soft and easy to work with.
    • Using one of the brushes, dip it into the cornstarch and lightly coat the silicon mold
    • Tear off a tablespoon amount of fondant and mold it into the tail mold.
    • Once that is done, let it sit for 5-10 minutes before flipped over the mold and carefully push out the fondant tail out of the mold.
    • Once all tails have been molded, spray the top of the tail with the gold spray.
    • Let the mold dry for 1 hour.

    Mermaid Tail Cupcakes Directions

    • Preheat oven to 350 and line cupcake pan with the liners.
    • In a medium bowl, combine the cake mix, butter, milk, and vanilla bean pasta and mix until combined.
    • Using a medium ice cream scoop, scoop the batter into the cupcake liners and fill about ¾ of the way full.
    • Bake in the oven for about 21 minutes.
    • Pull out and place on the side to cool.

    Frosting Directions

    • Using a standing mixer, combine all ingredients and mix on medium speed.
    • If your frosting starts looking like powdery rocks, add another tablespoon of heavy whipping cream.
    • Mix until you see creamy stiffed peaks.
    • Once the frosting is made, split it into two bowls.
    • Add about 2 drops of each color in their own bowls and mix until the color is completely mixed.
    • Scoop the pink frosting into the first disposable piping bag.
    • Scoop the blue frosting into the second disposable piping bag with the star tip.

    Decorating Directions

    • Using the pink frosting, pipe a medium size dollop onto the top of the cupcake.
    • Use a butter knife and smooth out the frosting all around the top of the cupcakes.
    • Dip the top of the cupcake into the mermaid sprinkles.
    • Using the blue frosting, pipe a medium dollop into the center of the cupcake.
    • Insert in your mermaid tail.
    • Enjoy!

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    Nutritional facts are estimates and are provided as a courtesy to the reader. Please utilize your own brand nutritional values to double check against our estimates. Nutritional values are calculated via a third party. Changing ingredients, amounts or cooking technique will alter the estimated nutritional calculations.

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