These cupcakes are sure to make your kids laugh so hard when you tell them they are eating unicorn poop cupcakes! This simple step by step tutorial has everything you need to know on How to make unicorn poop cupcakes. They are really quite simple!
Unicorn Poop Cupcakes
I made these Unicorn Poop Cupcakes for one of my friend’s daughters birthday and I thought she was going to pee her pants she was laughing so hard when I told her what they were. These magical cupcakes are the perfect cupcake for anyone who loves unicorns!
You may ask why they are called unicorn poop cupcakes and what unicorn poop is made out of. Well that is simple! Unicorns are made of rainbows. So, of course, unicorn poop comes out as rainbows.
On a side note, I could not stop laughing when I saw the commercial for the Squatty Potty. If you haven’t seen it yet go to YouTube and search for it I know you will laugh. Then you will really want to make some Unicorn Rainbow Poop Cupcakes!
Easy Unicorn Themed Recipes
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- Unicorn Drink
- Unicorn Cotton Candy drink
Tips for Making this recipe
Now to make this Unicorn Poop Cupcake Recipe there are a few tricks to making them perfect!
Use White Frosting. You are going to want use Marshmallow Buttercream, Vanilla Whipped Frosting, Cream cheese frosting, almond buttercream frosting or homemade buttercream frosting. Both of them are a white frosting that you can dye the colors you need to.
Us your favorite cupcake flavor. You can use any cupcake flavor that you want to, my favorites are these chocolate cupcakes, vanilla cupcakes or strawberry cupcakes recipe recipes.
If you have boxed cake mix, check out How to make a box cake taste homemade to turn that box cake mix into an amazing cake.
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Tips for Baking Cupcakes
Follow the recipe. Each cupcake recipe is different. It is important to follow the recipe as directed. all of our cupcake recipes have been tested multiple times to make sure they are perfect.
Bring ingredients to room temperature. Cupcakes will bake best when the ingredients are brought to room temperature before mixing the cupcake batter.
Do not over mix. Over mixing the batter will lead to having tough and flat cupcakes. When making cupcakes you have to be careful that you don’t over mix the batter when you are folding in the flour mixture. If you over-mix your angel food cake batter your cupcakes will turn out flat. You want to mix everything just until mixed, over mixing will cause you to have rough and tough cupcakes. We all know that the best cupcake are light and fluffy.
Fill the cupcake liners appropriately. You do not want to over fill the cupcake liners. Follow the directions for the specific cupcake recipe, if the recipe doesn’t tell you how full stick to the 2/3 full rule. Which is roughly 3 tablespoons of cupcake batter per cupcake liner.
Use the best kitchen tool for filling liners. If you are working with a thick cupcake batter then you want to use a spoon or a cookie scoop to fill the cupcake liners. If it is a thin cupcake batter then use a bowl with a spout or a glass measuring cup to pour in the batter.
Use quality cupcake liners. While you might not think it matters a cupcake liner but having a quality cupcake liner will make it so your cupcakes don’t stick to the wrapper and peel off nicely so you can see the perfect cupcake in it.
Bake one tray at a time. Using the center of the oven rack and bake one tray of cupcakes at a time. This will give you the best cupcake results.
How to tell when cupcakes are done baking
I like to use the toothpick test when I am making cupcakes with the kids because it is easier for them to see and learn. But if you have been making cupcakes for a while you may not want to use that method.
If you are wanting an even easier method, the cupcake bounce done method as we call it is even easier. Pull the tray of cupcakes out from the oven and lightly press on a cupcake in the middle of the baking pan. If if bounces right back and no finger print is left behind then your cupcakes are done. If there is a finger print you need to bake them for a few more minutes.
How to Store Cupcakes
It is best to store cupcakes in an airtight container on the counter. Cupcakes are best to be enjoyed with in 48 hours of making them. They won’t be bad to eat after 40 hours but they will start to dry out and not be as fresh.
After frosting cupcakes you are ok to store them on the counter for a day or 2 but after that they should be stored in the fridge.
If you are storing them unfrosted you can store them in an airtight container or a plastic bag. If you are storing them with frosting on top I suggest using a cupcake storage container.
Tips for Decorating Cupcakes
Allow cupcakes to cool completely. Before frosting the cupcakes let them cool completely. If you frost cupcakes while they are still warm then the frosting will melt.
You will want to also check out How to make a cupcake swirl to learn the basics before making your unicorn poop frosting swirl.
Unicorn Cupcakes Supplies
Unicorn Poop Cupcakes Ingredients
How to Make Unicorn Poop Cupcakes
Bake your cupcakes and allow them to cool completely. While the cupcakes are cooling make your frosting.
Divide your buttercream into four equal parts into four bowls. Using your food coloring, color one part blue, one part purple, one part pink and one part yellow.
Place a large piping tip into your pastry bag. Working in small batches scoop the blue buttercream into one side of the pastry bag keeping room for the other colors.
Place some of the purple buttercream next to the blue buttercream.
Place some of the pink buttercream next to the purple buttercream.
Finally place some of the yellow buttercream next to the pink buttercream.
You should end up with each color of the buttercream next to each other in the pastry bag.
Twist the open end of the pastry bag to push the frosting to the tip to make sure that the colors have intertwined.
Begin frosting the cupcake on the outside edge then work to the center of the cupcake.
Refill the bag as need in the same way you filled it the first time.
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Unicorn Poop Cupcakes
Material
- Pastry bag
- large round tip
Ingredients
Unicorn Poop Cupcakes Ingredients
- 24 Cupcakes
- Buttercream frosting
- Blue, purple, pink and yellow gel food coloring
Vanilla Cupcake Recipe Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups self-rising flour
- 1 1/4 cups cake flour
- 2 cups granulated sugar
- 1 cup unsalted butter at room temperature
- 4 large eggs
- 1 cup milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Vanilla Buttercream Frosting Ingredients
- 1 cup butter room temperature
- 1 cup shortening
- 2 pounds confectioners sugar
- 1 1/2 tablespoons hot water
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Instructions
How to Make Vanilla cupcakes
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Line your cupcake pans with your choose of cupcake wrappers.
- Place your self-rising flour, cake flour, and sugar in the bowl of your mixer. Mix them together for a minute or two until they are well combined.
- Cut your butter into tablespoon pieces. Slowly add your butter into the flour mixture one piece at a time continue mixing until you have reached the texture of sand.
- Pour half of your milk into the flour mixture and mix just until the milk is incorporated. Use your rubber spatula to scrape down the sides of your bowl. Add your remaining milk and the vanilla to your batter and mix until combined.
- Slowly add in one egg at a time to the cake batter, making sure each egg is incorporated before adding the next egg.
- Scoop the batter into the prepared cupcake pan, filling them 3/4 of the way full.
- Bake for 10 minutes then rotate the cake pans so the pan that was on the top rack is now on the bottom and the pan that was on the bottom is now on the top rack. Continue to bake for another 10-13 minute until a toothpick comes out clean from the center of the cupcake.
Vanilla Buttercream Recipe
- Place your butter and shortening together in the bowl of your mixer. Mix them together on medium speed until they are nice and creamy.
- Turn the mixer down to the lowest setting and slowly incorporate the powdered sugar into the shortening mixture.
- Once you have added all the powdered sugar in to your mixture, add in the vanilla extract and then the hot water.
- Turn the mixer up to medium-high speed and continue mixing for 10 minutes until light and fluffy.
How to Make Unicorn Poop Cupcakes
- Bake your cupcakes and allow them to cool completely. While the cupcakes are cooling make your frosting.
- Divide your buttercream into four equal parts into four bowls. Using your food coloring, color one part blue, one part purple, one part pink and one part yellow.
- Place a large piping tip into your pastry bag. Working in small batches scoop the blue buttercream into one side of the pastry bag keeping room for the other colors.
- Place some of the purple buttercream next to the blue buttercream.
- Place some of the pink buttercream next to the purple buttercream.
- Finally place some of the yellow buttercream next to the pink buttercream.
- You should end up with each color of the buttercream next to each other in the pastry bag.
- Twist the open end of the pastry bag to push the frosting to the tip to make sure that the colors have intertwined.
- Begin frosting the cupcake on the outside edge then work to the center of the cupcake.
- Refill the bag as need in the same way you filled it the first time.
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When using Vanilla cupcakes and buttercream icing, these cupcakes are 25 Weight Watchers Smart Points
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