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A pink cupcake decorated with tall, pointed shards and piped pink frosting, set against a solid pink background.

Fem Queen Realness Cupcakes

Drag queen inspired vanilla cupcakes with pink white chocolate shards and edible jewels.
5 from 1 vote
Prep 1 hour 30 minutes
Cook 45 minutes
Total 2 hours 15 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 20
Calories 177 kcal

Ingredients

Cupcakes

  • 3 1/2 cups (430 g) plain flour all-purpose
  • 1 1/4 cups (265 g) caster sugar superfine
  • 3 tsp (3 tsp) baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp (1/2 tsp) fine salt
  • 1/2 cup (125 g) unsalted butter softened
  • 2 large (2 large) eggs
  • 1 1/2 cups (375 ml) full-cream milk whole
  • 1/2 cup (125 ml) vegetable oil
  • 2 tbsp (2 tbsp) Greek yoghurt or sour cream
  • 1 tsp (1 tsp) vanilla extract vanilla bean paste
  • 3 drops (3 drops) pink food gel

Chocolate crown

  • 2 cups (300 g) pink candy melts
  • 100 (100) edible diamantes can be purchased online

Decorations

  • 1 tsp (1 tsp) edible pink glitter or pink lustre dust

Frosting

  • 3/4 batch (3/4 batches) of my American buttercream frosting
  • 3 drops (3 drops) pink food gel
  • 1 tsp (1 tsp) strawberry flavouring

Instructions
 

Cupcakes

  • Preheat a fan-forced oven to 140C (280F) or 160C (320F) for a conventional oven. Line a cupcake tin with white cupcake liners.
  • Add the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt to a large mixing bowl and mix together using a hand mixer to combine.
  • Next add the softened butter and mix on low speed until mixture reaches a crumbly sand like texture.
  • Add the eggs, milk, oil, Greek yogurt, strawberry flavouring and pink food gel. Mix on low speed until no dry ingredients are showing. Scrape down the bowl and mix for a final 20 seconds. It’s at this point where you can add any flavourings or gel food colours.
  • Fill each liner 3/4 of the way. Using an ice cream scoop to transfer the batter into the cupcake liners makes this a quick and easy process and ensures everything is filled the same amount and bakes at the same. Bake for 40-50 min or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean. I bake my cupcakes on a slow, low temperature. This ensures they don’t colour and crack on top. Allow the cupcakes to cool completely on a wire cooling rack before frosting.

Chocolate Crown

  • Begin by melting the pink candy melts.
  • Place a large sheet of baking paper on your work bench. Pour the melted candy melts and use a large spatula to spread it evenly on the baking paper. Allow it to set before you brush it with some edible pink glitter or lustre dust.
  • Use a large, sharp knife, dipped in some hot water to cut the chocolate into diamond shapes about the size of your pinkie finger. Cut a few of them smaller as well.

Frosting

  • Add pink food gel and strawberry flavouring to the frosting and mix until well combined.
  • Fit the end of a piping bag with a large round tip, fill your bag with frosting and frost your cupcakes with a low bulb
  • Fit the end of another bag with a Wilton 1M piping tip and frost little bulbs of frosting on top of your bulb of frosting
  • Carefully add a ring of chocolate diamonds around the frosting. Add a small bulb of frosting in the centre of the crown and add a smaller ring of diamonds in the centre of the bigger crown to finish.

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Notes

Cupcakes can be stored in an airtight container for up to three days.

Nutrition

Serving:20g | Calories:177kcal | Carbohydrates:17g | Protein:3g | Fat:11g | Saturated Fat:8g | Polyunsaturated Fat:0.1g | Monounsaturated Fat:0.1g | Trans Fat:0.1g | Cholesterol:31mg | Sodium:140mg | Potassium:30mg | Fiber:1g | Sugar:1g | Vitamin A:169IU | Vitamin C:0.1mg | Calcium:50mg | Iron:1mg
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