Circus Clown Cupcakes
These tasty delicious cupcakes are super cute and fun to make. Follow the instructions today.
Ingredients
- 12 Vanilla Cupcakes We Used Cake Mix
- ½ Stick Butter Softened
- 1 Cup Confectioners’ Sugar
- 1-2 tablespoon Milk
- 6-8 oz. Green Fondant
- 4-6 oz. Yellow Fondant
- 1-2 oz. Light Purple Fondant
- 1-2 oz. Baby Blue Fondant
- 1 Circular Cookie Cutter About 2 ½ Inches In Diameter
- Wilton Icing Tip #12
- Wilton Icing Tip #101
- 24 Toothpicks
Instructions
- Before decorating, ensure that the cupcakes are cooled down completely.
- The butter, confectioners’ sugar and milk are the ingredients that make up the buttercream.
- Place all three in a large bowl and beat using an electric mixer. Be sure to start the speed on low and increase to high.
- Once the ingredients are well-combined and form semi-stiff peaks, the buttercream is complete.
- Using an offset spatula, frost each cupcake with a thin layer of buttercream.
- Roll out the green fondant so that it’s about ¼ of an inch thick. Use the circular cookie cutter to cut out 12 green fondant circles.
- Cover each cupcake with one fondant circle. Divide the yellow fondant into 12 one-inch spheres.
- Shape each one into a cone. Roll out the light purple fondant and the blue fondant so that they’re each about ¼ of an inch thick.
- Using the tip of Wilton #12, cut out 12 small circles of blue and purple fondant. Stick one of each color on the yellow fondant cones.
- Insert a toothpick into the center of each cupcake and then insert the yellow cone.
- Insert another toothpick into each cone, having a small portion of the toothpick poke through the top.
- Roll out 6 spheres of purple fondant and 6 spheres blue fondant - about ½ an inch in size each. Insert one sphere on top of each cone (the tip of the toothpick will help keep it secure).
- Scoop the remaining buttercream into a small piping bag with Wilton tip #101 attached.
- Using a back and forth motion, frost the circumference of the bottom of each fondant cone.
Notes
Roll out your fondant evenly and use a circular cookie cutter to get perfect, uniform discs for the cupcake base—no uneven edges!
Toothpicks are your best friend—use them to stabilize the fondant cones and ensure your clown hats don’t topple over.
When piping the buttercream around the clown hats, a back-and-forth motion will give them a fun, ruffled look—just like a circus performer’s costume!
Nutrition
Serving: 3gCalories: 307kcalCarbohydrates: 54gProtein: 2gFat: 14gSaturated Fat: 5gPolyunsaturated Fat: 4gMonounsaturated Fat: 5gTrans Fat: 0.2gCholesterol: 11mgSodium: 224mgPotassium: 53mgFiber: 0.3gSugar: 33gVitamin A: 142IUVitamin C: 0.1mgCalcium: 59mgIron: 1mg
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