GALAXY CUPCAKES

My grandson wanted space themed cupcakes for this birthday party as school so I do what a lot of people do and turned to google.  I kept seeing these galaxy cupcakes and knew this was something I wanted to try.

After a quick trip to Walmart to pick up more black cake dye, I made these super easy galaxy cupcakes.  

I used the chocolate cupcake recipe for Hot Fudge Sundae cupcakes.  You can find that recipe HERE.  

HOT FUDGE SUNDEA CUPCAKES 

 

I used my old Wedding Cake Frosting recipe on these cupcakes. There are three ways to do this type of frosting.  You can use Crisco only, a combo of Crisco and butter, or only butter.  For a pure white frosting, you will need to use only Crisco. 

I love buttercream but it does not hold up as well in the heat so I used a combination of buttercream and Crisco for this frosting.   I use the Crisco sticks just because they are easy and because I don't normally have Crisco in my house.   

WEDDING CAKE FROSTING

INGREDIENTS

• 1/2 cup Crisco & 1/2 cup butter (or any 1 cup combo of your choice)

• 2 tsp vanilla flavoring

• 1 tsp almond flavoring

• 6 cups powdered sugar 

• 1/2 cup water, milk, or dairy-free milk substitute 

DIRECTIONS

1. Place the Crisco and/or butter, milk, and flavorings in a mixing bowl. Beat with a mixer on low speed just until smooth.  
2. Begin adding the powdered sugar one cup at a time until the ingredients are completely blended.
3. Beat on high speed until the frosting is smooth and fluffy, about 2 minutes.

NOTE: Add more liquid or powdered sugar if needed to get desired consistency. Using 6 cups of powdered sugar gives me the exact amount of frosting for 24 cupcakes.