Toy Story Cupcakes
Toy Story inspired alien cupcakes with a white chocolate covered cake pop alien on top.
Ingredients
Cupcakes
- 3 1/2 cups (430 g) all-purpose flour
- 1 1/4 cups (265 g) caster sugar
- 3 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp fine salt
- 1/2 cup (125 g) unsalted butter, softened
- 2 large eggs
- 1 1/2 cups (375 ml) milk, room temperature
- 1/2 cup (125 ml) vegetable oil
- 2 tbsp Greek yogurt
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 tsp boysenberry flavoring
- 3 drops blue food gel
- 3 drops purple food gel
Alien Cake Pops
- 3 1/2 cups (430 g) all-purpose flour
- 1 1/4 cups (265 g) caster sugar
- 3 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp fine salt
- 1/2 cup (125 g) unsalted butter, softened
- 2 large eggs
- 1 1/2 cups (375 ml) milk, room temperature
- 1/2 cup (125 ml) vegetable oil
- 2 tbsp Greek yogurt
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 tsp boysenberry flavoring
- 2 drops purple food gel
- 5 drops pink food gel
- 2 cups (400 g) white chocolate, melted
- 5 drops green candy food gel
- 10 drops yellow candy food gel
- 60 candy eyes
- 1/2 cup (100 g) black candy melts, melted
Green Goo
- 1 1/4 cups (300 g) white chocolate
- 1/2 cup (125 ml) heavy cream
- 2 drops green food gel
- 5 drops yellow food gel
Frosting
- 1 batch American buttercream frosting
- 3 drops purple food gel
Instructions
Cupcakes
- Preheat a fan-forced oven to 140°C / 275°F or a conventional oven to160°C / 320°F. Line two cupcake tins with the cupcake liners.
- Add the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt to a large mixing bowl and mix with a hand mixer until well combined.
- Next, add the softened butter and mix on low speed until the mixture reaches a crumbly, sand-like texture.
- Add the eggs, milk, oil, yoghurt, blue food gel, purple food gel, boysenberry flavouring and vanilla, and mix on low speed until all the dry ingredients are incorporated. Scrape down the side of the bowl and mix for a final 20 seconds. It’s at this point that you can add any flavourings or food-gel colourings to the batter.
- Fill each liner three-quarters of the way. Using an ice-cream scoop to transfer the batter to the cupcake liners makes this a quick and easy process, and ensures each liner contains exactly the same amount of batter and that the cupcakes will bake evenly. Bake for 40–50 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the middle of a cupcake comes out clean. Allow the cupcakes to cool completely on a wire rack before frosting.
Alien Cake Pops
- To make the cake pop cake repeat the same exact process as the cupcakes.Replace the food gels used in the cupcake mixture with the pink food gel.
- Place in a baking tray lined with baking paper and bake the same amount of time as the cupcakes. Allow to cool completely before crumbling all of the cake into a large mixing bowl.
- Add 1 cup of the buttercream frosting (before you colour it) and mix using a spatula until well combined. Take out a piece of the mixture just a little bigger than a gold ball and roll into a ball. Then roll into a short log shape about the size of an egg.
- Place onto a baking tray lined with baking paper and chill in the fridge for 1 hour.
Face Decorations
- To make the face decorations add the white chocolate into a large microwave safe bowl. Microwave for 20 seconds at a time, mixing each time until smooth.
- Add the green and yellow candy food gel colouring. Note: This is different from regular food gel colorings. This one is specifically for colouring chocolate. Add some of the green chocolate into a piping bag fitted with a Wilton #2 round tip. Line a baking tray with baking paper and pipe the ears by piping little triangle shapes about the size of your toenail. Then pipe little long shapes about half the size of a match stick with a round shape at the top. You’re going to need 2 ears for each cupcake and one antenna for each cupcake.
- Add the melted black candy melts into a piping bag with a Wilton #2piping tip and pipe the little mouths onto a baking tray lined with baking paper. They’re the shape of a squinty eye and about the size of a fingernail.Let all the decorations set in the fridge for 20 minutes.
- Next, dip the very end of a cake pop stick into the green chocolate and insert into the bottom of each cake pop. Allow to chill for 20 minutes before dipping the cake pop into the green chocolate. Allow excess to drip off. Place the mouth on the wet chocolate along with the 3 candy eyes and antenna on the top. You might need a little dab of extra green chocolate to stick the antenna on top.
- To make the green goo add the white chocolate and cream into a microwave safe bowl. Microwave for 20 seconds at a time, mixing each time until smooth.Add the green and yellow food gel and mix until well combined. Add to a large piping bag.
- Core the centre of each cupcake and fill with the green goo.
- Fit the end of a piping bag with a large round tip. Pipe a flat swirl of frosting on top of each cupcake before placing the alien head on top.
Notes
Storage
Cupcakes can be stored in an airtight container for up to three days.
Nutrition
Calories:494kcal | Carbohydrates:53g | Protein:8g | Fat:21g | Saturated Fat:13g | Polyunsaturated Fat:1g | Monounsaturated Fat:6g | Trans Fat:1g | Cholesterol:71mg | Sodium:288mg | Potassium:185mg | Fiber:1g | Sugar:19g | Vitamin A:427IU | Vitamin C:1mg | Calcium:147mg | Iron:2mg
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