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Green Slime Cupcakes Ingredients:
- 1 French Vanilla Cake mix
- 3 large eggs
- 1 C whole milk
- ½ C unsalted sweet cream butter, softened
- Neon green gel food coloring
Supplies Needed:
- Cupcake pan
- Purple cupcake liners
Vanilla frosting Ingredients:
- 2 C unsalted sweet cream butter, softened
- 5 C powdered sugar
- 5 tbsp heavy whipping cream
- 3 tsp pure vanilla extract
Decorating Supplies:
- 1 bag of Green sprinkle mix, located at Walmart. (Or get these on Amazon)Use only the sprinkles in the bag, not the big green round icing circles
- 1 bag of black sprinkle mix, located at Walmart (Or get these on Amazon)
- Black gel food coloring
- Neon Green gel food coloring
- 2 tubes of green sparkle gel (located onAmazon)
- Green gumballs
- 1 large piping bag with star tip
- 1 medium ice cream scoop
- 1 small piping bag
- 1 medium bowl
Green Slime Cupcake Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line cupcake pan with the cupcake liners Using a large bowl, beat the cake mix, eggs, butter and whole milk until combined and fluffy
Beat in a few drops of the neon green and mix till combined. You may need to add in a few more drops of the gel food coloring to get a vibrant shade of green
Scoop batter into the liners, filling about ¾ way full
Bake in the oven for 21 minutes
Frosting and decorating instructions:
Using a medium bowl, combine the sprinkles
Using a standing mixer, beat the butter, powdered sugar, heavy whipping cream, and vanilla until fluffy and holds a peak
Using 1 medium bowl, scoop about 1 ½ C of frosting into the bowl and mix in a few drops of black gel food coloring
Using the remaining frosting in the mixing bowl, mix in about 6 – 8 drops of the neon green gel food coloring
Using the large piping bag, place it into a large cup and pull the piping bag over the edge of the glass to allow the inside of the piping bag to be wide open
Spoon 1 cup of the green frosting onto one side of the piping bag
Spoon the 1 cup of black frosting onto the other side of the piping bag
Set aside
Scoop green frosting using the scooper, onto the top of the cupcakes
Using a angled spatula, smooth out the frosting into a flat thick disk
Place the top of the cupcake frosting into the sprinkles and completely coat the frosting in sprinkles
Using the piping bag, pipe a dollop of frosting in the center of the frosting mound
Using the green sparkle gel, create drips of the gel around the center of the frosting dollop Create some more drips on top of the frosting
Place the green gumball on top
Enjoy!
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Green Slime Halloween Cupcakes
Halloween is a time for costumes, candy, and of course, cakes! These fun Halloween cupcakes are perfect for any party. Plus, they'll add some extra spookiness to your celebration. So go ahead and try out this Green Slime Cupcake recipe - you won't be disappointed!
Ingredients
- Cupcake Ingredients
- 1 french vanilla cake mix
- 3 large eggs
- 1 C whole milk
- ½ C unsalted sweet cream butter, softened
- Neon green gel food coloring
- Vanilla frosting ingredients
- 2 C unsalted sweet cream butter, softened
- 5 C powdered sugar
- 5 tbsp heavy whipping cream
- 3 tsp pure vanilla extract
- Decorations needed
- 1 bag of Green sprinkle mix, located at walmart. Use only the sprinkles in the bag, not the big green round icing circles
- 1 bag of black sprinkle mix, located at walmart as well
- Black gel food coloring
- Neon Green gel food coloring
- 2 tubes of green sparkle gel
- Green gumballs
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line cupcake pan with the cupcake liners Using a large bowl, beat the cake mix, eggs, butter and whole milk until combined and fluffy
Beat in a few drops of the neon green and mix till combined. You may need to add in a few more drops of the gel food coloring to get a vibrant shade of green
Scoop batter into the liners, filling about ¾ way full
Bake in the oven for 21 minutes
Using a medium bowl, combine the sprinkles
Using a standing mixer, beat the butter, powdered sugar, heavy whipping cream, and vanilla until fluffy and holds a peak
Using 1 medium bowl, scoop about 1 ½ C of frosting into the bowl and mix in a few drops of black gel food coloring
Using the remaining frosting in the mixing bowl, mix in about 6 - 8 drops of the neon green gel food coloring
Using the large piping bag, place it into a large cup and pull the piping bag over the edge of the glass to allow the inside of the piping bag to be wide open
Spoon 1 cup of the green frosting onto one side of the piping bag
Spoon the 1 cup of black frosting onto the other side of the piping bag
Set aside
Scoop green frosting using the scooper, onto the top of the cupcakes
Using a angled spatula, smooth out the frosting into a flat thick disk
Place the top of the cupcake frosting into the sprinkles and completely coat the frosting in sprinkles
Using the piping bag, pipe a dollop of frosting in the center of the frosting mound Using the green sparkle gel, create drips of the gel around the center of the frosting dollop Create some more drips on top of the frosting
Place the green gumball on top
Enjoy!
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