Shark Cupcakes
Are your ready for Shark Week or are you planning a Shark Birthday Party? Create these easy shark fin cupcakes and make your next ocean party to the next level. Easy to make with in minutes.
Servings: 12 cupcakes
Calories: 300kcal
Cost: $10
Ingredients
- 12 Cupcakes cool to the touch
- 3-4oz White Fondant
- 1 Black Gel Food Coloring
- 1 stick butter softened
- 2 cups icing sugar
- 1-2 tbsp milk
- 1 Royal Blue Gel Food Coloring
- 1 Blue Gel Frosting
Instructions
- To start, add a couple of small drops of black gel food coloring into your white fondant and knead until tinted. The fondant should come out light grey.
- Divide the fondant into one dozen spheres, about ½ an inch in size.
- To form each shark fin, slightly flatten each sphere and press the top to a point. It should look like a triangle.Curve the tip of the fondant triangle to give it a more realistic shape.
- In a large bowl, mix together butter, icing sugar and milk with an electric mixer. Start on slow speed and increase the speed to high
- Once ingredients are well-combined, add royal blue gel food coloring. Beat until completely tinted.
- Scoop buttercream into a piping bag with Wilton tip 1M attached.Frost each cupcake.
- Using the blue gel frosting, decorated each frosted cupcake with “squiggle” lines.
- Insert a toothpick at the bottom of each fondant shark fin.
Insert one fondant shark fin into each cupcake. Serve and enjoy!
Nutrition
Calories: 300kcal | Carbohydrates: 45g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 13g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Cholesterol: 21mg | Sodium: 209mg | Potassium: 41mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 35g | Vitamin A: 258IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 60mg | Iron: 1mg