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Mermaid Tail Cupcakes

Course: Recipes
Servings: 18 Cupcakes
Author: EverydayShortcuts.com

Ingredients

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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