Elmo Cupcakes

Delicious vanilla cupcakes decorated like Elmo from Sesame Street.
Ingredients
24
Servings
  • 1 package cake mix, vanilla
  • 3 eggs
  • 3/4 cups vegetable oil
  • 1 1/4 cups water
  • 1 tub vanilla frosting
  • red gel food coloring
  • m&m´s chocolate, orange
  • 200 grams fondant, white
  • gel food coloring, black
Preparation
1h
0 mins
Low
  • Preheat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius.
  • Prepare the cupcake batter according to the cupcake box instructions.
  • Place the cupcake liners in the mold and pour the cupcake batter, filling each cupcake half full.
  • Bake the cupcakes for 20 minutes or until they are lightly golden and a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
  • Remove from the oven and allow to cool completely.
  • Mix the frosting with a whole jar of red gel food coloring to obtain red frosting. Place in the refrigerator to cool.
  • Decorate the cupcakes with red frosting using a piping bag with a star tip.
  • Mix half of the fondant with a little black food coloring. Create Elmo's mouths with the black fondant by hand and the center of Elmo's eyes.
  • Make Elmo's eyes with white fondant and assemble them by adding the black center.
  • Assemble the cupcakes by adding the eyes, the orange M&M for the nose, and the mouth.

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