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DIY shark cupcakes using blue ombre icing and a gummy shark on top sitting on a wood serving tray
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DIY Shark Cupcakes

With gorgeous ombre blue frosting, DIY Shark Cupcakes look like there are ocean waves on the top! Perfect desserts for shark parties.
Prep Time20 minutes
Cook Time19 minutes
Decorating Time20 minutes
Total Time59 minutes
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: shark cupcakes
Servings: 18 cupcakes
Calories: 315kcal

Equipment

  • 18 Blue Cupcake Liners
  • Piping Bag
  • 1 Star Piping Tip
  • 1 Mixing Bowl
  • Plastic Wrap
  • Blue and Teal Food Coloring

Ingredients

  • 1 Box White Cake Mix 1 - (16.25 oz) box plus ingredients on the back (water, vegetable oil, eggs)
  • 18 Shark Gummy Candies More if you want to add more sharks

Homemade Frosting

  • 1 cup Butter Softened
  • 4 cups Powdered Sugar
  • 2 tsp. Vanilla
  • 1-2 tbsp Milk
  • Teal Gel Food Coloring
  • Blue Gel Food Coloring

Instructions

  • Prepare the cupcakes, according to box directions.
    white cupcake batter in muffin pan.
  • Set the cupcakes aside to cool completely.
    Baked white cupcakes on a cooling rack.
  • While they are cooling, make buttercream frosting.

Frosting

  • For the frosting, beat the butter until smooth, and mix in vanilla.
    to make buttercream frosting beat the butter until smooth in a bowl.
  • Gradually add powdered sugar, mixing well.
    butter cream frosting add in gradually powder sugar.
  • Gradually add 1-2 tbsp. milk to get your desired frosting consistency.
  • Lay out a long piece of plastic wrap.
  • Drop about ⅔ cup of the white frosting onto the wrap in a sort of straight line.
    ⅔ cup of the white frosting onto the wrap in a sort of straight line.
  • To the remaining frosting, add 3-4 drops of teal food coloring, and mix to combine.
    for teal shark cupcake icing add 3-4 drops of teal food coloring, and mix to combine.
  • Drop about 1 ½ cups of teal frosting onto the plastic wrap beside the white.
    Drop about 1 ½ cups of teal frosting onto the plastic wrap beside the white.
  • To the remaining frosting, add 3-4 drops of blue food coloring, and mix to combine.
    To the remaining buttercream frosting, add 3-4 drops of blue food coloring, and mix to combine.
  • Drop the remaining blue coloring beside the teal, and wrap up the plastic wrap up longways, twisting the ends.
    Drop the remaining blue coloring beside the teal, and wrap up the plastic wrap up longways, twisting the ends.
  • Prepare a piping bag with a star tip, and snip the twisted end off of one end of the plastic wrapped frosting.
    Drop the remaining blue coloring beside the teal, and wrap up the plastic wrap up longways, twisting the ends.
  • Place the wrapped frosting into the piping bag, with the end you snipped off facing down towards the piping tip.
  • To frost the cooled cupcakes, evenly squeeze the piping bag so that you get all of the colors piping onto the cakes at the same time for an ombre effect.
  • Pipe all the cupcakes and dd one shark gummy candy on top of each one.

Nutrition

Calories: 315kcal | Carbohydrates: 55g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 10g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.4g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Trans Fat: 0.4g | Cholesterol: 27mg | Sodium: 211mg | Potassium: 6mg | Sugar: 40g | Vitamin A: 317IU | Calcium: 17mg | Iron: 0.02mg