Happy Monday everyone! So much has happened since I last posted. One of my sisters had a baby and another got engaged! One of my friends had a baby too, and I brought another friend in to have surgery on her knee. And my mom put the feelers out to see if I would be interested in making my sister’s wedding cake! Whew! I’m not so sure about making the cake, but I figured I had better do some practicing just in case. So, if you have any tips for me, please share!
Today I’m sharing one of my favorite buttercream frosting recipes. I love this recipe because it includes marshmallow cream to make it lighter and fluffier. I put the orange frosting on top of cupcakes so that it looks like a pumpkin! These pumpkin cupcakes are perfect for fall.
Bake a batch of orange cupcakes using a white cake mix, the ingredients called for on the box and orange food coloring.
Whip up a batch of orange buttercream frosting. Beat butter, shortening and vanilla until creamy. Add powdered sugar, one cup at a time, beating at low speed until well blended. Add heavy cream and marshmallow cream, beat until light and fluffy. Set aside 1 cup of frosting divided into 2 small bowls. Color 1/2 cup of the frosting green and the other 1/2 cup brown. Stir in orange food coloring into the remaining frosting until it is the shade of orange you want.
Put the orange frosting into a pastry bag with a large tip. Hold the bag directly above the cupcake and squeeze out the frosting to that is will spread out like a pumpkin.
Put the green frosting into a pastry bag and use a star shaped tip to create leaves on the pumpkin.
Put the brown frosting into a pastry bag and use a small tip to make pumpkin stem.
You can leave the pumpkins like this because they look adorable.
Or you can add some orange sprinkles to make the cupcakes shimmer and sparkle. Everyone thought these pumpkin cupcakes were so cute and even the little kids knew that they were supposed to be pumpkins. Several of the kids that I shared the cupcakes with were very happy to hear that there wasn’t actual pumpkin in the cupcakes. Silly kids! I love pumpkin and you could easily add pumpkin to the cake mix batter, if you want.
Pumpkin Cupcakes
Ingredients
- 1 white cake mix + ingredients called for on box
- Orange food coloring
Buttercream Frosting:
- 1/2 cup butter, room temperature
- 1/2 cup shortening
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 4 cups powdered sugar
- 1/2 cup marshmallow cream
- 2 tbsp milk
- Orange, green and brown food coloring
- Orange sugar crystal sprinkles, optional
Instructions
- Bake a batch of 24 orange cupcakes using a white cake mix, the ingredients called for on the box and orange food coloring.
- Following the cooking instructions on the package and allow the cupcakes to cool before frosting.
Buttercream Frosting:
- Beat butter, shortening and vanilla until creamy. Add powdered sugar, one cup at a time, beating at low speed until well blended. Add milk and marshmallow cream, beat until light and fluffy.
- Set aside 1 cup of frosting divided into 2 small bowls. Color 1/2 cup of the frosting green and the other 1/2 cup brown.
- Stir in orange food coloring into the remaining frosting until it is the shade of orange you want.
- Put the orange frosting into a pastry bag with a large tip. Hold the bag directly above the cupcake and squeeze out the frosting to that is will spread out like a pumpkin.
- Put the green frosting into a pastry bag and use a star shaped tip to create leaves on the pumpkins.
- Put the brown frosting into a pastry bag and use a small tip to make pumpkin stems.
- Sprinkle with orange sugar crystal sprinkles, if desired.
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 24 Serving Size: 1 gramsAmount Per Serving: Unsaturated Fat: 0g
Jessica @ A Kitchen Addiction says
These are so fun Tonia! Love how fluffy the buttercream is!
Jocelyn (Grandbaby cakes) says
These are the cutest darn things ever! They make me actually feel like Fall is a good thing haha.
Beth @ The First Year says
Do you teach classes on how to pipe frosting? 🙂 I always mess it up! These are amazing!
Tonia says
No way! I actually need to take some classes…especially if I am going to make that wedding cake! Gah!!
Meg @ The Housewife in Training Files says
Well aren’t these just too cute to eat…almost!
Tonia says
Exactly! You just can’t resist the frosting! Thanks Meg!
Amanda Paa says
thank you for the piping tutorial – these are so much halloween goodness!
Tonia says
You are very welcome! Thanks for stopping by!
Ashley | The Recipe Rebel says
These are SO cute Tonia! Love this cupcake decorating idea for fall!
Kathi @ Deliciously Yum! says
Oh my goodness – I am not sure if I can handle the cuteness ;). Even though you’ve got a lot going on, I agree with Julianne about making the wedding cake. I think you’ll love it and you’ll be so glad you did. I can’t think of a more special wedding gift, especially if it comes from someone as talented as you!
Heather @ Shards of Lavender says
Sounds like you had an exciting week! I’ve always wondered how to get a nice puffy cloud of frosting on top of cupcakes and now I know… Thanks for sharing these adorable cupcakes!
Julianne @ Beyond Frosting says
These are just adorable! I love the leaves and stems! You should TOTALLY make the wedding cake. It’s extremely stressful but it the end, it’s so rewarding and worth it!