Adorable Narwhal Cupcakes Recipe (2024)

Prep Time: 1 hour

Cook Time: 20 minutes

Additional Time: 10 hours

Total Time: 11 hours 20 minutes

Ingredients

Fondant Narwhal Tails

• 1 pkg blue fondant
• 1/2 cup powdered sugar

Pretty Blue Narwhal Cupcake Bases

• 1 box french vanilla cake mix cake mix
• 3 large eggs, at room temp
• 1/2 cup unsalted sweet cream butter, softened
• 1 cup whole milk
• 1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract
• Sky Blue gel food colouring

Narwhal Cupcake Frosting

• 2 cups unsalted sweet cream butter, softened
• 5 cups powder sugar
• 2 tsp vanilla
• 6-10 Tbsp heavy whipping cream
• Sky blue, soft pink and black gel food colouring

Instructions

Fondant Narwhal Tails

1. Sprinkle powdered sugar onto cutting board and roll fondant into 1/4 inch thickness
2. Cut out enough whale tail shapes for your cupcakes (one each).
3. Leave the tails on the cutting board and allowto dry out overnight.

Pretty Blue Narwhal Cupcake Bases

1. Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.
2. Line muffin pan with the white cupcake liners.
3. In a medium bowl, add the cake mix, butter, milk, and vanilla extract. Stir until combined
4. Mix a few drops of the blue food colouring into the cake batter.
5. Fill the cupcake liners 3/4 way full and bake for about 18-20 minutes.
6. Allow cupcakes to cool completely before frosting.

Narwhal Cupcake Frosting

1. Using a stand mixer, combine all frosting ingredients and mix on medium speed until you see stiffed peaks in your frosting.
2. Once the frosting is made, split it into 3 bowls
3. Scoop about 1 cup of the frosting into one bowl and add in black gel food colouring
4. Scoop about 1/2 cup of the frosting into the second bowl and add in a few drops of pink food colouring
5. Mix in a few drops of the sky blue gel food colouring into the remaining frosting
6. Scoop about 2 cupsof blue frosting into the piping back with the medium round tip
7. Scoop the black frosting into one of the piping bags with the #3 tip.
8. Scoop the pink frosting into the other piping bag with the #3 tip.

Assembling your Narwhal Cupcakes

1. Using the ice cream scooper, scoop a smooth dome of blue frosting onto each cupcake.
2. Place one unicorn horn cupcake topper into the top center of the frosting
3. Using the black frosting piping bag, Draw a smile on the front of the frosting dome (use picture as a guide).
4. Using the pink frosting, pipe two dots for the cheeks on each side of the smile.
5. Using the medium round tip, pipe the whale's flippers by piping a small dollop of blue frosting on both sides
6. Stick one fondant whale tail into the top back of the frosting dome on each cupcake.

Notes