Unicorn Cupcakes
These unicorn cupcakes are amazing for a kid's birthday party. Made with multicolored layers of vanilla cake, rainbow frosting, and unicorn cake toppers, they are a fairytale come true!
Equipment
Ingredients
Unicorn Cupcakes
- ½ cup Butter room temperature
- 2 cups White Granulated Sugar
- 1 teaspoon Pure Vanilla Extract
- 2 Large Eggs
- 1 ¼ cup Milk
- 2 ½ teaspoons Baking Powder
- 1 teaspoon Salt
- 2 ¾ cups All-Purpose Flour
- Pink, Yellow, Magenta, and Teal Food Color or Icing Gel (both work in cupcake batter)
Buttercream Frosting
- 2 ¼ cups Butter room temperature
- 11 cups or about 48.5 ounces Confectioners' Sugar (Yes it looks like a lot! But you will use all of it if you decorate the layers of frosting as shown in the photos.)
- 2 tablespoons Milk
- 2 teaspoons Pure Vanilla Extract
- Pink, Blue, and Purple Icing Gel
- Unicorn Cupcake Toppers
- Rainbow Sprinkles
Instructions
Unicorn Cupcakes
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Line muffin pan with 24 cupcake liners.
- In an electric mixer or a large bowl, cream together butter and sugar. Add vanilla and eggs, mix well. Whisk or sift together dry ingredients to break up any lumps. Begin alternating as you add the dry ingredients and milk to the bowl on low speed until well blended.
- Separate the cupcake batter into bowls (about 1 cup + 1 tablespoon of batter to each bowl for even distribution.) Add pink food coloring/icing gel to one bowl, yellow to another, and teal and magenta to the last two. Add enough coloring until it is bright and not pastel.
- Add ½ tablespoon of each cupcake batter color to each cupcake liner. I rotated where I pour the batter as I added them to give it a more abstract look as shown in the photos above. Tap the muffin pan against the countertop to allow any bubbles to rise to the surface.
- Bake in the oven for 15-18 minutes until the tops spring back when lightly touched or a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Allow to cool before frosting.
Buttercream Frosting
- Add butter, milk, and vanilla to a large mixing bowl. Slowly add confectioners' sugar to the bowl until well blended.
- For the colors, separate the frosting evening in two bowls. Add pink icing gel to one half. Then, divide the other bowl of frosting in half again, setting one aside to leave it white. Divide the other in two again to create a purple and a blue frosting for the unicorn hair.
Decorating
- Add a dollop of pink icing the cupcake with a 2A icing tip. Add sprinkles to a shallow dish and carefully roll the pink icing on the cupcake in the sprinkles.
- Next, add a smaller dallop of white icing on top of the pink and use a knife or spatula to flatten the top of it.
- Add the unicorn horns and ears.
- Then carefully add purple frosting to one side of an icing bag with a small spatula and add blue icing to the other side of the bag so they come out together, but not mixed. Use a 1M tip for the unicorn mane hair behind the ears.
Nutrition
Calories: 740kcalCarbohydrates: 137gProtein: 3gFat: 22gSaturated Fat: 14gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 6gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 71mgSodium: 321mgPotassium: 51mgFiber: 1gSugar: 123gVitamin A: 692IUCalcium: 53mgIron: 1mg