Make these fun cupcakes inspired by the masks of famous Mexican luchadores!
Servings 12
1hr
Medium
Recipe
Ingredients
For the cupcakes:
- 3 1/2 cups Flour
- 4 Eggs
- 3 tsp. Baking Powder
- 4 tsp. Vanilla Extract
- 1 1/2 sticks unsalted Butter
- 1 1/2 cups Sugar1
- 1/4 cup Milk
For the fondant:
- 16 oz. Mini Marshmallows
- 2 lb. Powdered Sugar
Directions
For the cupcakes:
- Preheat the oven to 350°F.
- Combine the flour, eggs, butter, baking powder and vanilla extract in a bowl.
- Beat on medium until batter is fully incorporated.
- Line your cupcake tins and pour batter as scoops into the tin cups.
- Place in oven and bake 15 minutes.
- Let the cupcakes cool on a rack for 15 minutes.
- Remove and frost.
For the fondant:
- In a microwavable bowl, melt 16 oz. of mini marshmallows with 3 tbsp. of water for 2 minutes.
- Mix well until they are all completely melted. Do not overcook.
- Add 2 lb. of powdered sugar, using spatula scrap the bowl and mix well.
- Pour mixture on a powdered sugar dusted surface and start kneading until fondant has a smooth consistency. If fondant is sticky you may add more powder sugar.
- Reserve in a plastic bag.
To decorate:
- Separate the fondant into smaller batches and add color to the smaller batches, leaving one batch white.
- Prepare a flat surface with powdered sugar to prevent it from sticking, and roll out the white fondant.
- Cut out the skull shapes using a cookie cutter on the white fondant & set aside on a surface that has also been prepared with powdered sugar to prevent them from sticking.
- Roll out the other colors on a prepared surface and use flower-shaped cookie cutters to cut out flowers in different sizes in each color, as well as sliced, very thin strips in different colors to be the headbands. Set aside on a prepared surface.
- Roll out the white fondant on your prepared surface and cut out eyes and mouths.
- Using a mixture of powdered sugar and a small amount of water, make a glue and start sticking on the eyes and mouths.
- Start gluing on the flowers for the floral headbands, using a variety of sizes and colors.
- Place your completed luchador masks on your frosted cupcakes.
Pro Tips
Use your favorite recipe for cupcakes (red velvet, chocolate, carrot) to decorate with these fun luchador masks.