DIY Football Cupcake Recipe
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Iiiiiiiit’s game time! But that doesn’t mean you can only eat wings and drink beer. Yes, you can make football cute with these adorable DIY Football Cupcakes!
Now that doesn’t mean you need to go all out and make these cupcakes from scratch. You can either use your favorite recipe, or pick up a boxed cupcake mix, or even plain cupcakes from your local grocery store!
And there will be zero judgement if you pound down four of these super bowl cupcakes along with some wings and a beer or two. C’mmon, it’s The Big Game! That’s some kind of an excuse, right? Find out how to make them below!
Football Cupcakes:
Yields: 12 cupcakes
Ingredients:
- One dozen of your favorite chocolate cupcakes
- 1 stick butter, softened
- 2 cups confectioners’ sugar
- 2-3 tbsp milk
- ¼ tsp green gel food coloring
- 5-6 oz. brown/chocolate fondant
- White decorating frosting
Directions:
- Before you start decorating, ensure that all of your cupcakes are cool to the touch.
- Begin by making your “grass” buttercream. With an electric mixer, add butter, confectioners’ sugar and milk. Beat on low, gradually increasing it to high.
- Once the ingredients are well-combined and smooth, add green gel food coloring and mix until completely tinted.
- Assemble your frosting bag so that it has Wilton tip #233 and scoop your buttercream frosting into it.
- Frost each cupcake so that it looks like grass.
- Separate your brown fondant into 12 1-inch spheres. Mold them so that they have football shapes.
- With your white decorating frosting, pipe out the football’s “grip/laces” on each fondant piece.
- Place one football fondant piece on each cupcake. Serve and enjoy!
