These Queen Elsa cupcakes are so delicious! The light vanilla cupcakes are filled with a delicious cream filling, frosted in sweet buttercream, and sprinkled with sugar to give them a beautiful shimmer. Fondant was used to craft pretty snowflakes which adorn the tops. These cupcakes were featured on our Frozen Disney dinner.
Queen Elsa Cupcakes
Makes 12 cupcakes
Ingredients
Equipment
- Stand Mixer or Hand Mixer
- Pastry Bag
- Wilton Bismark Filling Tip
- Snowflake Mold
Ingredients
- 12 vanilla cupcakes {We like this recipe from Sally’s Baking Addiction}
- 1/2 cup + 1-2 tablespoons heavy cream (divided)
- 4 tablespoons cream cheese
- 2 teaspoons vanilla (divided)
- 3 cups + 2 tablespoons confectioners sugar (divided)
- 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened to room temperature
- Pinch of salt
- Wilton Sky Blue Icing Color
- Sanding Sugar
- White Fondant
- Make cream filling – In the bowl of a stand mixer combine 1/2 cup of heavy cream, 4 tablespoons cream cheese, 1 teaspoon of vanilla and 2 tablespoons confectioners sugar. Beat on high speed using a whisk attachment until stiff peaks form.
- Fill cupcakes – Prepare a pastry bag with a Bismark tip. We like the Wilton #230 Bismark filling tip. Fill a pastry bag with cream filling. When cupcakes are fully cool, use a sharp paring knife, cut a small divot in the center of each cupcake. Fill with cream. Continue until all cupcakes are filled.
3. Make buttercream – To prepare frosting, cream butter in a medium bowl using a stand mixer with a paddle attachment or a hand mixer. When light and fluffy, add 3 cups of confectioners sugar and salt bit by bit until fully combined. Add 1 teaspoon of vanilla and 1 tablespoon of cream until completely combined. If buttercream seems too thick, you may add another tablespoon of cream. If it seems runny, you may add more confectioners sugar. Color Arendelle aqua using Wilton Sky Blue gel icing coloring.
4. Decorate cupcakes – Frost cupcakes using a star tip. Sprinkle in sanding sugar to create a glittery surface. Using the fondant mold create snowflakes. Add them to the top of the cupcakes.
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