Mummy Cupcakes

Mummy Cupcakes

The trick to making these mummy eyes pop is to match the baking cups up with the dark background.


What you need:

Reynolds® Baking Cups (Black Foil)
1 package (18.25 ounces) yellow cake mix
1 container (16 oz.) ready-to-spread white frosting
Black food coloring
Rolled white fondant
48 yellow M&M's® Minis® Chocolate candies

Instructions:

PREHEAT oven to 350°F. 

PLACE Reynolds Baking Cups in muffin pans; set aside. 

PREPARE cake mix following package directions for 24 cupcakes.  Spoon batter into baking cups. 

BAKE following package directions (17to 23 minutes).  Cool.

TINT frosting black.  Reserve a small amount of black frosting for eyeballs.  Spread remaining frosting onto cupcakes.

MAKE Mummy

  1. Roll out fondant and cut into 1/4-inch strips.  You will need about 12 per cupcake.
  2. Starting left center, place one strip at a 15 degree angle to the right.  Place a second strip at a 10 degree angle to the left.
  3. Leaving the space between those two strips empty (showing black frosting), overlap fondant strips like wrapped bandages on top and bottom of cupcake.
  4. Place 2 yellow candies on exposed black frosting for eyes.
  5. Use a toothpick to make 2 black dots of frosting in center of yellow candies.

 

Reynolds Kitchens Tip: EASY CLEANUP

Use Reynolds® Cut-Rite® Wax Paper to catch excess sprinkles, chopped nuts and coconut.  Cleanup is simple and there are no sticky messy countertops when you are done.