How To Make Best Birthday Minion Cake Recipes

HOW TO MAKE A MINION CAKE

Steps:

• Make the fondant the night before. Start by cleaning and sanitizing a space on your counter where you will knead the fondant dough.
• Mix the marshmallows and water and melt in a double boiler. Stir frequently with a greased spoon. Remove from the heat when the marshmallows are completely melted. Gradually stir in the sugar.
• Divide the fondant for coloring. With a greased knife, cut away a small amount of white fondant and reserve this for the eye. Remove one quarter of the fondant and set it aside in a greased bowl (for the blue fondant).
• Make the yellow fondant. Grease your hands and counter space with vegetable shortening. Add several drops of yellow food coloring to the large fondant ball and begin kneading on the greased countertop. Add more food coloring as needed to achieve minion yellow. Knead for about 8 minutes, until you have an elastic ball and the food coloring has been worked through. Re-grease your hands as needed if they stick to the dough. Add water by the half tablespoon as necessary if the fondant cracks or tears during kneading.
• Make the blue fondant. Re-grease the countertop and your hands, and repeat the coloring and kneading steps with the quarter ball of fondant using blue food coloring.
• Make the white fondant. Repeat the greasing and kneading for the smallest ball of fondant, without adding any coloring.
• Rest the fondant. Cover each fondant ball with a thin layer of shortening, wrap each ball in plastic wrap, and seal them in plastic bags. Refrigerate overnight or longer. It will keep in the refrigerator for a couple weeks, and can be prepared well in advance. Fondant can be used immediately if you haven't prepared it the night before, but it's best to let it rest.

MINION CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Make and bake cake mix as directed on box for 24 cupcakes. Cool cupcakes completely on cooling rack, about 15 minutes.
• Reserve 2 tablespoons frosting. Place remaining frosting in medium bowl; tint with yellow food color. Frost cupcakes with yellow frosting.
• Use kitchen scissors to cut 1/4-inch circles off both ends of 16 marshmallows to make 32 total rounds.
• Use reserved frosting to stick milk chocolate candies to marshmallows. Place marshmallow eyes on cupcakes, placing two eyes on some cupcakes and one eye on others. Cut 2 small pieces of licorice rope for each cupcake. Place licorice rope pieces on sides of eyes. Use black decorating gel to pipe a mouth onto each cupcake.