If you’re unsure how thick your frosting should be, you can learn what consistency you’re looking for in my frosting consistency post. Or if the frosting is too thin, add in more powdered sugar (quarter of a cup at a time). If your frosting seems too thick after mixing together all your ingredients, add in additional cream (1 tablespoon at a time). This recipe makes a half batch of my favorite American buttercream. Step 3: Make the Vanilla Buttercream FrostingĪs I wait for my cupcakes to cool I usually make my buttercream. Remove the cupcake pan from the oven and let them cool in the pan for 10 minutes.Ĭarefully remove the cupcakes from the pan and place on a wire rack to finish cooling. They need to cool completely to room temperature before you can frost them, so I like to make them before I make the frosting.ĭivide the batter evenly between the cupcake liners and bake for about 17-20 minutes or until a toothpick comes out with moist crumbs. The next step is to make the delicious red velvet cupcakes. If the paint is still too wet and isn’t streaking, let it dry for 5-10 more minutes then try again. This should give it a cool streaky look that makes the eyes look spookier! Use the paint brush to pull the paint from the edge of the pupil out to the edge of the iris. The gel food coloring paint should have started to thicken by now. Place the pupils in the center of each painted iris. Roll out black fondant next and cut out 12 small circles that are about 1/3 inch in diameter to make the pupils. Don’t worry if they look a little bit streaky at this point. Paint the top of the white circles with a somewhat thick layer of the gel food coloring mixture. You can make all your eyes the same color or make them a variety of colors! I used blue, purple and green gel food coloring.
Mix a couple drops of gel food coloring with a teaspoon of either clear alcohol (like vodka or white rum) or clear extract (like almond or lemon) in a small container or ramekin.
I like to use a small circle cutter, but a bottle cap would work too! If you find your fondant is sticking to your counter, dust it with a little bit of cornstarch. Knead the white fondant in your hands to warm it up, then roll it out and cut out 12 circles that are roughly 1-inch in diameter.
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