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Daredevil Cupcakes

The Man Without Fear returns with these Matt Murdock and Daredevil inspired cupcakes! These Devil’s Food Cake Cupcakes have a marshmallow frosting, and fondant decorations.
Course Dessert
Keyword Daredevil, Disney Plus, Marvel
Prep Time 45 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 1 hour
Servings 10 cupcakes

Ingredients

Devil’s Food Cake Cupcakes

  • ¾ cup all-purpose flour
  • ¾ cup granulated sugar
  • ¼ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
  • ½ teaspoon + 1/8 teaspoon baking soda
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • ½ cup buttermilk
  • 3 tablespoons vegetable oil
  • ¼ cup (2 shots) espresso or coffee
  • 1 large egg, room temperature
  • ½ teaspoon vanilla extract

Marshmallow Frosting

  • 1 ¼ cups unsalted butter, room temperature
  • 1 7.5 oz jar marshmallow fluff or creme
  • 2 cups powdered sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • black gel food coloring
  • red gel food coloring

Fondant Decorations

  • red fondant
  • silver fondant
  • D shaped fondant cutter
  • O shaped fondant cutter
  • round piping tip

Equipment

  • 12 cup muffin pan
  • red foil cupcake liners
  • large star piping tip (Wilton 1M)
  • large piping bags

Instructions

Devil’s Food Cake Cupcakes

  1. Preheat the oven to 350 F. Line the muffin pan with 10 cupcake liners. Set aside.
  2. In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt.
  3. In a medium bowl, whisk together the buttermilk, vegetable oil, espresso (coffee), egg, and vanilla.
  4. Add the buttermilk mixture into the flour mixture, beating on low speed until incorporated.
  5. Transfer the batter to the prepared muffin pan, filling each cup ¾ full.
  6. Bake the cupcakes for 15-18 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cupcake comes out clean.
  7. Allow the cupcakes to cool in the pan for 10 minutes and then transfer the cupcakes to a wire rack to cool completely.

Fondant Decorations

  1. Roll out a couple ounces of red fondant to about ¼ inch thickness. Use the D fondant cutters to cut out 10 D shapes.
  2. Attach one D to another, laying it on top to create the DD Daredevil logo. Use a dab of water to attach the two pieces of fondant together. Set aside.
  3. Roll the leftover fondant into 10 small horns. Set aside.
  4. Roll a couple ounces of red fondant to about ¼ inch thickness. Use the O fondant cutters to cut out 10 O shapes.
  5. Cut 5 small strips from the leftover silver fondant to make the nose bridge of Matt Murdock’s glasses. Use a dab of water to attach the nose bridge to two O shapes to make glasses.
  6. Take a fresh piece of red fondant and mix a dab of black and red gel food coloring into it to darken it to a maroon color. Use your hands to fully mix the colors into the fondant.
  7. Use a regular size round piping tip to cut out 10 circles. Press the maroon colored circles into the glasses frames to complete the glasses. Set aside.

Marshmallow Frosting

  1. On medium speed, beat the butter until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes.
  2. Add in the marshmallow fluff and beat on low speed until just combined, about 30 seconds.
  3. Gradually add in the powdered sugar and vanilla extract. Beat on medium speed until fluffy. Make sure not to overbeat the frosting as it will become tough.
  4. Divide the frosting in half, into two separate bowls.
  5. Add a couple drops of black gel food coloring to one of the bowls to make a light grey color. Stir the color into the frosting until it’s fully incorporated.
  6. Add a few drops of red gel food coloring to the second bowl to make a strong red color. Stir the color into the frosting until it’s fully incorporated.
  7. Transfer the frostings into piping bags fitted with a large star (Wilton 1M) piping tip.

Assembly

  1. Pipe a swirl of grey frosting onto five of the cupcakes. Place one fondant glasses decoration onto each of the five cupcakes.
  2. Pipe a swirl of red frosting onto the remaining five cupcakes. Place one fondant DD and two horns onto each of the cupcakes.

Recipe Notes

Devil’s Food Cake adapted from Bigger Bolder Baking