Guys! I can’t believe that my baby is already 10 years old!! Like, how and when did this happened? This year’s party themed was Super Mario and what better way to celebrate than cupcakes? These Super Mario cupcakes are adorable and so easy to make!
Epic Super Mario Cupcakes | Let The Games Begin!
Ingredients
- One box of vanilla cake mix and all ingredients required to make it
- Two sticks softened butter
- 5 cups powdered sugar
- 1.5 tbsp cocoa powder
- 4 tbsp milk
- Red gel food coloring (about 2-3 tsp)
- 1 cup white candy melts
- Store-bought yellow cake fondant (about 8 to 10 oz.)
- Ready-made black icing
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Yields: About 24 Super Mario cupcakes
Prepare cupcakes according to cake mix directions and cool on a rack.
Using an electric mixer, start mixing your butter and sugar. Add milk and continue mixing on medium-high speed. Add cocoa powder and mix until you achieve semi-stiff peaks (you may need to add milk and/or powdered sugar, one tablespoon at a time to achieve your desired consistency).
Mix red gel food coloring to your buttercream and keep mixing until well combined.
Using an offset spatula, frost each one of your cupcakes with red buttercream. Add white candy melts – they will act as the mushroom’s “spots.” (Hint: Cut some of the white candies in half so that you can put them on the edge of the cupcake)
Shape your yellow fondant into 3D stars and with the help of a toothpick, draw two eyes with black icing. Make enough so that you could place one on each cupcake.
They turned out so good and made our treat table even more sweet and fun!
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I’m so happy with how well these Super Mario cupcakes turned out! Are you kids big fans of Super Mario?
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My son would love these! He plays all the Super Mario Wii video games. I’m pinning this so we can make these together this weekend .
Omgoodness these are the cutest and they look so tasty too! I bet you could do it with green frosting too, right? Also it would be creative to do the little logo on Mario’s hat and then add a little rim so the cupcake looks like a hat!
What a great theme for cup cakes – super Mario! I would love to surprise my friends with these cupcakes who are really into super Mario, those who were born in their 80’s.
Those cupcakes are so cute. I’ll have to show this to my older nephew, he’s really into games and I think he would like for him birthday.
These are adorable! They are right on point and my grandson is a Mario fanatic! I don’t know where you creative people get your ideas and abilities but I was bypassed. The cake is gorgeous too!
Oh my gosh, my step-mom’s birthday is coming up in a couple of months and I need to make her these! She’s always joking about how she wishes she was a teenager again in the 80s, playing Mario after school haha!
These turned out super cute! I love the detailed steps, I would definitely feel comfortable trying to recreate these for my boys if they wanted a Mario party. Nice work!
Ohhhh myyyy goodnesssss these cupcakes are a DREAM! Seriously, so epic. I want to make them!
These are super cute, I know a few little ones that would absolutely adore these! How very creative of you to make them.
Oh my word! Those cupcakes look adorable. I love that they aren’t just mario heads.
These cupcakes are super adorable. I really need a mixer now. My husband made homemade icing and it was so much better than the store-bought stuff. My son would love these for his birthday.
Well these are just super adorable! I’m definitely pinning this for later. Super Mario is a great theme for a party!
Aweeee these are sooo adorable! My nephew would absolutely LOVE these, he is super super into Mario Cart.
Wow! Very creative. Aside from the delicious taste, presentation matters especially when it comes to food. Thanks for sharing this!
These look so delicious!
We LOVED Super Mario Brothers as kids. These cupcakes are great and remind us of our childhoods.
These are awesome! I have a little boy that would love for me to make him those.
They look so cute! Me and my cousins favorite game would always be Super Mario! And I’m actually thinking of making these on my upcoming birthday (though i’m not that really goo in baking). Thank you so much for sharing this 🙂 Cheers!