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Stitch Cupcakes (chocolate cupcakes with blue frosting and fondant Stitch ears)

Stitch Cupcakes

These Stitch Cupcakes are rich chocolate cupcakes topped with colorful buttercream frosting and fondant ears!

Course Dessert
Keyword Chocolate Cupcakes, Lilo & Stitch, Stitch
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 45 minutes
Servings 12 cupcakes

Ingredients

Chocolate Cupcakes

  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • ½ cup + 6 tablespoons all-purpose flour
  • 6 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
  • ¾ teaspoon baking powder
  • ¾ teaspoon baking soda
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 1 large egg
  • ½ cup milk
  • ¼ cup vegetable oil
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • ½ cup boiling water

Buttercream Frosting

  • ¾ cup unsalted butter, softened
  • 3 cups powdered sugar
  • ¾ teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 3 tablespoons milk
  • blue gel food coloring

Decoration

  • blue fondant
  • pink fondant

Equipment

  • large star piping tip
  • piping bag

Instructions

Chocolate Cupcakes

  1. Preheat the oven to 350 F. Line a muffin pan with cupcake liners.
  2. In a large bowl, combine the sugar, flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, and cocoa powder.
  3. Add the egg, milk, oil, and vanilla extract and beat on medium speed until fully combined, about 2 minutes.
  4. Stir in the boiling water. The batter will be thin and runny.
  5. Pour the batter into the prepared muffin pan and bake for 15 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cupcake comes out clean.
  6. Cool cupcakes in the pan for 10 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.

Buttercream Frosting

  1. In a medium bowl, beat the butter until smooth.
  2. Add the powdered sugar, milk, and vanilla extract, and beat until combined.
  3. Beat on high speed until light and fluffy.

  4. Stir in a few drops of blue gel food color until the color is completely distributed.

  5. Transfer the blue frosting to a piping bag fitted with a large star piping tip.

Fondant Ears

  1. Roll out a couple ounces of the blue and pink fondant.

  2. Place the pink fondant on top of the blue fondant and gently roll together to adhere.

  3. Use a sharp knife to cut out 24 ovals. Cut out notches in the sides of the ovals to match Stitch's ears. Gently press the ends together.

  4. Set aside until ready to decorate.

Assembly

  1. Pipe a swirl of blue frosting onto the top of each cupcake.
  2. Gently press two fondant ears into the frosting on each side of the cupcake.