Minnie Mouse cupcakes are a simple to make cupcake, that any Minnie Mouse fan will love! Made with homemade cupcakes, homemade frosting and some homemade toppings you will have the most amazing Minnie Mouse cupcakes ever!
Minnie Mouse cupcakes
Minnie Mouse is known for her girly bow in between her cute mouse ears. Sometimes Minnie Mouse is dressed in red and sometimes she is dressed in pink. The choice is yours when you are making these Minnie Mouse cupcakes. When I made them, I went with all pink because that was the theming I was going for.
It is important when you are decorating cupcakes that you have the professional look to them, even when you are making cupcakes at home. Follow the cupcake decorating tips below to help you with decorating your cupcakes.
You can use any flavor cupcake that you want to when making these cute Minnie Cupcakes. We have LOTS of different cupcake flavors for you to pick from too!
When you are making the frosting for these Minnie Mouse cupcakes, if you are wanting a red coloring you will want to use a white frosting to dye red. If you are wanting pink Minnie Mouse then you can use a white frosting and dye it pink, or you can use a frosting that is already pink.
Yes, we have lots of frosting options for you to pick from as well that will work for these cupcakes.
- Vanilla Buttercream Frosting
- Strawberry Buttercream frosting
- Pink Lemonade Frosting
- Cream cheese frosting
- Vanilla Whipped Frosting
- Marshmallow Buttercream Frosting
Minnie Mouse Cupcakes Ingredients
- 24 Cupcakes
- Buttercream frosting
- Fondant (You can make your own or buy store bought Fondant)
- Pink and Black Gel Food Coloring
- Powdered Sugar
Minnie Mouse Cupcakes Supplies
- Piping bag
- Large star tip
- 1/3 inch circle cutter
- Pizza Cutter
- Rolling pin
- Parchment paper
How to Make Minnie Mouse Cupcakes
If you are making this cupcakes the night before the party make sure you don’t store them in the fridge with the fondant pieces on because they will start to melt. You can always bring the cupcakes back to room temperature for an hour than place the fondant decorations on.
Bake your cupcakes and let them cool completely. After they are cool make your frosting and color your frosting pink or red. If you want to, you can use Minnie Mouse cupcake liners or solid colored cupcake liners, it is up to you.
Place your star into your pastry bag and fill it up with your pink frosting. Pipe a swirl of frosting onto each of your cupcakes. Set aside your frosted cupcakes.
How to Make Minnie Mouse Ears for cupcakes
Dye some of your fondant black and some of it pink keeping each color separate.
Spread out a small amount of powder sugar onto your work surface.
Roll your black fondant out to 1/8 of an inch thick. Using your 1/3 inch circle cutter, cut out 48 circles in the fondant.
Place the circles onto a plate lined with parchment paper. Set those aside until they are hard.
How to Make Minnie Mouse Bows for Cupcakes
These step by step directions will make it super easy for you to make your Minnie Mouse Cupcake Bows.
Spread out a small amount of powder sugar onto your work surface.
Roll your pink fondant out to 1/8 of an inch thick.
Cut it into ¾ inch wide strips.
Cut out 24 pieces that are ¾inch by ¼ inch rectangles.
Then cut out 24, ¾ inch by 3 inch rectangles.
Lightly wet the center of the 3 inch piece with a small amount of water and bring both ends to the center.
Wrap the small rectangle around the center of the bow and keep it in place with a small amount of water. Gently squeeze the middle of the bow to give it some shape. Repeat this to make all the bows.
Assembling Minnie Mouse Cupcakes
Once you have all of your bows made it is time to put the cupcakes together.
Stick two black circles on the cupcakes to make Minnie Mouse’s ears. Be gentle when placing them into the top of the frosting making sure to leave a small gap in between the ears. Repeat this with each cupcake until all cupcakes have their Minnie Mouse ears..
Now it is time to put the Minnie Mouse bows on the cupcakes.
Carefully press one bow in front of the ears into the frosting.
Repeat putting the bows on for each cupcake until all cupcakes have their bows.
If you are planning a Minnie Mouse Party be sure to check out these other awesome treats and decorations that are perfect for a Minnie Mouse Birthday Party!
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