Ninja Turtle Cupcakes Food

TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or nonstick pans). Place paper baking cup in each of 24 regular-size muffin cups. Make and bake cake mix as directed on box for 24 cupcakes. Cool 10 minutes; remove from pan to cooling racks. Cool completely, about 30 minutes.
• In small bowl, mix vanilla frosting and green food color until desired shade; frost cupcakes. Unroll fruit snack, and cut off 4-inch strips of desired colors to make masks on cupcakes. Place cut strip on cutting board. Starting about 1 inch from left side of fruit snack, use small sharp knife to cut small horizontal slits for eyes about 1 inch apart. Place candy eyes under slits in fruit snacks. Cut small horizontal slit in fruit snack on right side to form tie for mask. Place masks on cupcakes.
• Use gel to make mouths on cupcakes. Or place chocolate frosting in small resealable food-storage plastic bag, and cut off small corner of sealed bag; pipe mouths on cupcakes.

NINJA TURTLE CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Using paper liners line the cupcake tins.
• Cream margarine and sugar until light and smooth in a mixing bowl with electric mixer.
• Sift flour and baking powder together in another bowl.
• Add eggs one at a time to the margarine and sugar mixing bowl.
• Continue mixing.
• Add vanilla extract.
• Mix flour and baking powder in with the margarine, sugar, eggs and vanilla.
• Slowly add milk and beat well.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 15-18 minutes.
• Allow to cool for 10-15 minutes.
• Mix the sweet cream and 3 C powdered sugar until it becomes creamy.
• If the frosting is not creaming add heavy whipping cream.
• If the frosting is too soft add 1/2 C powdered sugar.
• Check to see if the frosting forms stiff peaks.
• If not add more powdered sugar.
• Add 4-5 drops of green food coloring.
• Mix with a spoon to ensure the desired color.
• Using a pastry bag and a large tip, frost the cupcakes.
• Combine all ingredients on medium speed for 4 minutes.
• Divide the royal icing into 4 small bowls.
• Add 5 drops of red food coloring into one bowl.. Stir well.
• Add 5 drops of blue food coloring into second bowl... Stir well.
• Add 5 drops of orange food coloring into third bowl.... Stir well
• Add 5 drops of purple food coloring into fourth bowl.... Stir well.
• Using a small pastry bag and a #2 pastry tip for each of the colors; red, blue, orange, and purple.
• Search Google for cartoon image of the Ninja Turtles.
• Copy/paste to word.
• Save to your folder.
• Print this image.
• Tape this page with the picture of the Ninja Turtles to a cookie sheet.
• Cut/tear enough wax paper to cover the page with Ninja Turtles printed on it.
• Using the royal icing, either the red, blue, orange, or purple with a #2 tip trace the image of the Ninja Turtles.
• If it is to be outlined....Trace this first.
• Fill in the Ninja Turtle mask with more royal icing to match the outlining color.
• Allow to dry 5-10 hours.
• Ensure that the images are dry by gently pushing in on one of them.
• If they allow you to push in they are not dry.
• Once the page with the images of the Ninja Turtle Mask is dry...remove the tape from the wax paper and cookie sheet.
• Cut the wax paper into squares surrounding the dried images.
• Gently peel the wax paper from the back of the Ninja Turtles.
• Make a small cut in the frosting in the center of the frosted cupcake.
• Place the Ninja Turtle mask in the cut on the cupcake.