Ingredients
Scale
- 12 vanilla or yellow cake cupcakes
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 3 cups powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Yellow, blue, black, and white food coloring
- Mini chocolate chips (for eyes)
- Fondant or edible paper for Minions faces
- Toothpicks or piping bags
- Edible markers (black, white, and yellow)
Instructions
- Bake the vanilla or yellow cake cupcakes according to your favorite recipe or box instructions and let them cool completely.
- Prepare the buttercream frosting by beating softened butter, powdered sugar, vanilla extract, and yellow food coloring until smooth and fluffy.
- Divide the frosting and tint with food colors: yellow for the Minions’ bodies, blue for overalls, black for goggles, and white for eyes. Fill piping bags with each color.
- Frost each cupcake with yellow frosting using a spatula or piping tip. Add details like blue overalls and facial features with different colored frosting.
- Create Minions faces from fondant or edible paper. Attach them with edible glue or frosting. Use mini chocolate chips for eyes, and pipe black and white details for goggles, eyes, and mouths. Add small fondant crowns or hats for Kevin or King Bob.
Notes
- Store cupcakes in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 2 days.
- For longer storage, refrigerate but note that frosting may harden.
- Use high-quality ingredients for best flavor and vibrant colors.
- Practice piping small details for more precise faces.
- Prepare decorations in advance to streamline assembly.
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking,Decorating
- Cuisine: American
- Diet: Vegetarian
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cupcake
- Calories: 250 kcal Kcal
- Sugar: 20 g
- Sodium: 60 mg
- Fat: 12 g
- Saturated Fat: 7 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 35 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 2 g
- Cholesterol: 45 mg
