Mickey & Minnie Cupcakes

My daughter loves Mickey and Minnie. Since her 3rd birthday was approaching we decided to make it her theme! I made 6dz cupcakes for her party, and displayed them on the newly introduced Mickey Mouse cupcake stands.

Cupcake Ingredients:

• Boxed cake mix; each box makes 24 cupcakes (I used golden vanilla)
• Homemade buttercream frosting
• Primary color sprinkles (I used stars from a Duff Goldman set found @ Michaels)
• Wilton Candy Melts for chocolate cupcake toppers (colors: reg chocolate, red, green & blue)

Decoration tools:

• Cupcake liners (I used the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse ones that came with the stand)
• 1M icing tip
• Large scoop (melon baller) for even cupcakes
• #5 icing tip for toppers
• Icing bags for frosting and chocolate
• Templates for toppers (Mickey, #3)
• Parchment paper
• Scotch tape

How to make the toppers:

• Determine how many you need and print out a template on a Word document
• Tape the paper down to a flat surface and overlay parchment paper
• Fill icing bag with melted chocolate
• The #5 tip is small enough to "color" the template images. Just color in the image and allow it to cool
• To create Minnie Mouse topper: wait for base chocolate to setup then draw two sideways triangles and top with a dot to create the bow

Below are the two images that I used for my templates:

I found them on Google and adjusted them to the proper size before I duplicated them in a Word doc.

How to assemble:

• Create toppers and cool them in fridge until ready to use
• Bake cupcakes as direction on cake mix box
• Once cooled frost with 1M tip
• Add sprinkles and topper

Tips & Tricks:

• In order to ensure cupcake liner design stands out use lighter cupcake flavor like white or vanilla.
• If you have to make a lot of cupcakes, prepare the toppers and cupcakes the day before. Then the day of the party you only have to decorate them.
• If you are going to travel to the party destination add the cupcake toppers once you arrive. They may break during the trip, especially the #3s.

Make it a party:

• Find the decorations @ Wal-Mart, Party City or Birthday Express
• Get the cupcake stand and liners @ Wal-Mart or Party City

Happy Baking,
AJ