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Hi friends, Summer is in full swing! What’s the best way to celebrate summer besides making these adorable ice cream sundae cupcakes for a birthday party? In this tutorial, I will show you how to decorate ice cream sundae cupcakes! As always, a short video is at the bottom for an easy visual aid.
You can make these cupcakes using any box mix or your favorite cupcake recipe. I added a doctored vanilla cupcake with a chocolate ganache recipe card at the bottom if you want to use it.
Would you rather opt for video tutorials instead of step-by-step instructions? We’ve got you covered with a comprehensive video tutorial that guides you through making ice cream sundae cupcakes.
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How to make Ice Cream Sundae Cupcakes Step by Step
Materials Needed
- Cupcake Pan
- Baking Wire Rack
- Silver Foil Cupcake Liners
- Disposable Piping Bags
- Piping Tip 2A (Can be found at Walmart, Hobby Lobby, and Michaels)
- Piping Tip 1M (2) (Can be found at Walmart, Hobby Lobby, and Michaels)
- Nonparelis sprinkles
Step by Step Instructions
Step 1: Bake the cupcakes as directed and allow them to cool.
Step 2: Make vanilla buttercream, chocolate buttercream, and strawberry buttercream if desired. Another option is to make a large batch of vanilla buttercream (recipe below) and color them pink and brown with food gel coloring.
Step 3: Affix a disposable piping bag with a 2A piping tip and fill it with the white (vanilla) buttercream. Pipe a swirl on the top of the cupcake.
Step 4: Affix another disposable piping bag with a 1M piping tip and fill it with the pink (strawberry) buttercream. Start to pipe a swirl on the top of the cupcake.
Step 5: Affix another disposable piping bag with a 1M piping tip and fill it with the brown (chocolate) buttercream. Start to pipe a swirl on the top of the cupcake.
Step 6: Fill the chocolate ganache in a piping bag and slowly squeeze on the top of the cupcake.
Step 7: Continue to pipe ganache on the chocolate cupcake.
Step 8: Continue to pipe ganache on the strawberry (pink) cupcake.
Step 9: Place a maraschino cherry on the center of the cupcake.
Step 10: Add some nonparelis sprinkles on the top of each cupcake.
I hope you enjoy these fun ice cream cupcakes!
How To Make Ice Cream Sundae Cupcakes
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Easy Ice Cream Sundae Cupcakes
- Author: Diana Yvette
- Yield: 24 cupcakes 1x
Ingredients
Scale
Cupcakes
- 1 box cake mix (Duncan Hines or Betty Crocker)
- 1 cup milk (room temperature)
- ½ cup melted butter
- 3 Large Eggs (room temperature)
- 1 Tbsp. Vanilla
Buttercream
- 4 stick butter (2 Cup) (room temperature)
- 7 cups of powdered sugar
- 1 TBSP of vanilla extract
- 2 TSBP of heavy cream (add 1 more if needed)
Chocolate Ganache Filling
- 1 cup (8oz) Chocolate Chips (found in the baking aisle)
- Less than 1/2 cup (3 oz) Heavy Whipping Cream (room temperature)
Instructions
Cupcakes:
- Heat the oven to 350 degrees.
- Put silver foil cupcake liners in the cupcake pans.
- Mix the dry ingredients and wet ingredients in a large bowl with a stand mixer or electric mixer at medium speed for approximately 2 minutes.
- Pour the cupcake batter into the cupcake pans.
- Bake for 20-25 minutes. It is ready when the toothpick has a few crumbs or is clean.
- Cool for 10 minutes. Place the cupcakes on the wire rack.
- Buttercream:
- Place the butter in the mixer with a paddle attachment.
- Whip the butter for a minute.
- Slowly add the powdered sugar (1 cup at a time).
- Add the heavy cream (add 1 more TBSP if it is too thick).
- Scrap the sides of the bowl.
- Whip for a few minutes to get it all mixed.
- Whip low speed for 10 minutes to eliminate air bubbles.
- To Make strawberry and chocolate buttercream, divide the buttercream into three bowls. Add approximately 1/4 cup of cocoa powder for the chocolate buttercream. Add some ground freeze-dried strawberries for the strawberry buttercream.
Chocolate Ganache Filling
- Place the chocolate chips and heavy whipping cream in a microwave-safe bowl and mix.
- Microwave for 3o seconds and give it a good stir. If needed, microwave at 15-second intervals until all melted.
- Allow it to cool for 5-10 minutes.
- Place it into a disposable piping bag.
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Answers to your questions about making Ice Cream Sundae Cupcakes
How long do they last?
They will last a few days as long as they are in an airtight container like this.
Photography Accessories
- Alabaster Ripple Replica Surfaces (photography backdrop)
- White Brick Replica Surfaces
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