Valentine’s Day isn’t my favorite holiday after all. Mardi Gras is! I guess living in Colorado made me completely forget about Mardi Gras because it didn’t even occur to me that Fat Tuesday is next week until I started seeing photos from Mardi Gras balls in my Facebook stream. But yeah, it’s definitely my favorite and the one I most looked forward to when I lived in Mobile.
Since we don’t really get the opportunity to celebrate in Colorado, I had to make these super cute king cake cupcakes! (Please ignore the creepy babies. This should be the last year you have to look at them.) I used a box mix to make the cupcakes but made my cinnamon buttercream that I love so much to make them a little more king cake-like. And then I topped them with the tiniest little king cakes made from vanilla wafers!
If you are celebrating Mardi Gras this year (I’m jealous) you should totally make these! Everyone who saw them went nuts over how cute they were.
Nicole made hurriances! One time, many years ago, a friend of mine caught her hair on fire from a flaming hurricane at a bar. It was arguably one of the best nights of my life.* So go make hurricanes! Throw beads at whoever you live with! And have a good time!
*She was fine. It was put out quickly and we laughed about it for days. I’m really not heartless.
- 24 white or yellow cupcakes box mix or homemade
- 1 batch cinnamon buttercream
- 24 vanilla wafer cookies
- green purple, and yellow food coloring
- clear sprinkles
- plastic babies optional
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To make the tiny king cakes, put about 1/4 cup of frosting into 3 bowls. Add green food coloring to one bowl, purple to another, and yellow to the last. Mix until you get your desired color.
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For each king cake, take a vanilla wafer and frost a small section with each color. Top with clear sprinkles and a plastic baby if desired.
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Frost the cupcakes as normal and top with a tiny king cake.
nicole says
okay, now I need to know what a flaming hurricane is. LET’S GO TO MARDI GRAS!!!!
Dorothy @ Crazy for Crust says
These are gorgeous! I want to make a King Cake in a bad way – but these cupcakes look way better. :)
Katrina @ In Katrina's Kitchen says
baaahahahaa and I thought Halloween was your favorite too. :) These cups are cute!
Erin @ The Spiffy Cookie says
Love these cupcakes! Mardi Gras tends to sneak up on me since it’s not the same date every year. Also I love that the gold baby kind of looks like C3P0
a farmer in the dell says
I need one of these cupcakes and a hurricane right about now. And yes, I am aware that it is only 10 a.m. :)
Anne-Marie Faiola says
Those cupcakes are absolutely fabulous! =)
Tracey says
Every year Mardi Gras sneaks up on me and I miss the opportunity to make something. Maybe this year I’ll break the streak… I love these king cupcakes, the little vanilla wafer king cake on top is just plain awesome! :)
Julie @ Table for Two says
ok, so funny story about this baby in my king cake: my SIL who is born/raised in NOLA sends us a king cake every year and last year, i had the baby in one of my slices and i literally FREAKED OUT. I thought it was a spider. the baby was NOT gold, it was like brownish black or whatever. discolored. I almost threw my plate on the floor.
I love how festive these cupcakes are, though, discolored baby or not haha :)
Alyson says
Ok, we’ll at least I’m not the only one who thought the babies looked like lil c3po’s! Lol! Ps the cupcakes look yummy!!!