The hardest part is gathering all the ingredients together!
This recipe is perfect for a youngster's birthday party or a celebration for the upcoming "Despicable Me 2" movie that will hit theaters in July!
Ingredients
- 2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 1 tsp vegetable oil
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 stick of butter
- 1 cup of sugar
- 3 large eggs
- one box of twinkies
- black, blue and yellow food coloring
- smarties
- black sprinkles
- plastic bag
Frosting Ingredients
8 oz cream cheese, softened
1 stick of butter, softened
16 oz of confectioner's sugar
2-3 TBS of milk
1 tsp of vanilla extract
Directions
1. Preheat oven to 350 F. Line 24 cupcake tins with paper liners.
2. Whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt in medium bowl.
3. Combine the milk, oil and vanilla extract in a smaller bowl.
4. In another medium bowl, with an electric mixer on medium speed, beat the butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
5. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each egg. Reduce speed and add flour mixture alternately with the milk mixture in batches until all mixture is combined.
6. Add cupcake batter into muffin liners till 2/3 full.
7. Bake for 15-20 mins or until golden and toothpick comes clean.
8. Remove cupcakes and allow them to cool.
Frosting
1. Combine cream cheese and butter in medium bowl. Beat with an electric mixer until light and fluffy.
2. Gradually add the confectioner's sugar and 2 TBS of milk and beat until smooth.
3. Add vanilla extract
4. Add additional 1 TBS of milk if mixture is too thick.
5. Separate all frosting into four different bowls. 2 large and 2 small
6. Add blue food coloring to one large bowl of frosting. Add yellow food coloring to one large bowl of frosting. Add one drop of black food coloring to one small bowl. Add several drops of black food coloring to other small bowl until frosting is completely black.
After cupcakes are cool,
1. Frost half of the cupcakes yellow and half of the cupcakes blue.
2. Cut twinkies in half
3.Insert three to four black sprinkles into top of twinkie creating the hair for the minion
4. Using toothpick place a dot of black frosting on top of smarties
5. Dab back of smarties in frosting and place on top half of the twinkies.
6. Using a plastic bag and spoon, place black frosting into plastic bag and cut a very small tip on edge of bag.
7. Apply pressure to bottom of bag where the cut is and make lines from side of the smarties to the back of the twinkies
8. Do the same routine for the mouth
9. Repeat as needed with different eye and mouth positions!
10. ENJOY!
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