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Create these amazing Thor Cupcakes from store-bought cupcake mix and some fondant. #avengers #birthdayparty #thor #cupcakes
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Thor Cupcakes

Create these amazing Thor cupcakes for your next Avengers party!
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: avengers, cupcake
Servings: 24 cupcakes
Author: Lindsay

Ingredients

  • 1 box Red Velvet Cake Mix + Ingredients to make them
  • 2 sticks unsalted butter, softened
  • 8 cups powdered sugar
  • 4 tbsp milk
  • 2 tbsp cocoa powder
  • 7-8 drops red gel food coloring
  • 24 mini pretzel sticks
  • 4-6 ounces white fondant
  • 2 drops black gel food coloring
  • 3-5 tbsp cornstarch
  • silver food luster dust

Instructions

  • Prepare your red velvet mix according to the box’s directions (they usually yield 24 cupcakes). Allow to cool on rack before decorating.
  • Using a stand mixer, start beating butter and slowly add confectioners’ sugar. Add milk and mix on high until your buttercream has formed. In terms of consistency, you’ll want it to form stiff peaks.
  • Add cocoa and red food coloring to the buttercream and continue mixing on high until it is completely colored. Using a piping bag, frost each cupcake.
  • Line a baking sheet with wax paper. Roll your fondant into ½ inch spheres (you’ll want to make 24 of them) and then shape into rectangles. Place each one on lined baking sheet. (You will want to dust your fingers with cornstarch once in a while to prevent them from sticking on your hands)
  • Brush each fondant piece with silver luster. Insert a pretzel stick at the bottom of each one (you may have to break off a piece of the pretzel stick if they are too long). Place carefully on each cupcake.