I know everyone was excited to see Cars 3 this summer and watch Lightning Mcqueen kachow his way back into your heart. I love the Cars movies and I will watch even if they make 30 of them. I cried like a baby when I saw Cars 3 and I cant wait for it to come out on blu-ray later this year. So I wanted to share this cute Cars 3 cupcake recipe with everyone. They would be perfect for a movie viewing party or birthday!
These are so cute! I know it seems like a lot of instructions but they are very short and easy.
Ingredients for the icing transfers
2 egg whites
1 1/2 C powder sugar
1/4 tsp cream of tarter
1/2 tsp vanilla
five piping bags fitted with the number 2 tip
red, black, blue, and yellow food dye
Lightning McQueen’s eyes image from google
pen or pencil to trace the image
piece of white paper
Cookie sheet
parchment paper
5 bowls
Directions to make transfer
locate the image of Lightning McQueen’s eyes on google and print it out
Take your piece of paper and place on top of the image
Using a pen or pencil trace the image onto the white paper about 3-4 times 4 inches apart
Place the paper with the copies onto the cookie sheet
Fit a sheet of parchment paper onto the cookie sheet and tape the edges so that you have a smooth flat area
Using the standing mixer, combine the powder sugar, egg whites, cream of tarter and vanilla and mix on medium speed
if the royal icing is still a yellow soup, add in 1/2 C powder sugar
Continue to mix until you get stiff peaks
Evenly divide the icing into the five bowls,
Add a few red drops into the first bowl and mix until combined.
Add a few more drops to get the shade of red that you want
Add a few blue drops to the second bowl
Add a few yellow drops to the third bowl
Add a few black drops to the fourth bowl
Leave the white icing in the fifth bowl white
Scoop the icing colors into a piping bag
Using the black icing, outline the place lines on Lightning McQueen’s eyes
Using the red icing, fill in the top part red
Using the white icing, fill in the bottom part white
Using the blue icing, add two blue dots for his eyes
Using the black icing again, add a dot into the center of the blue dot for his pupils
Using the yellow icing, below Lightning McQueen’s eyes on a empty space on the cookie sheet, pipe on 24 small yellow dots for his headlights
Using the black icing, pipe on 48 medium sized black circles for the tires
Set aside for 1 day to dry.
Makes 12 cupcakes
Ingredients
1 box of french vanilla cake mix
3 eggs
1/2 C (1 stick) of softened unsalted sweet cream butter
1 C whole milk
1TBSP pure vanilla bean paste
cupcake liners
cupcake pan
Directions for cupcakes
Preheat oven to 350 and line cupcake pan with the liners
In a medium bowl, combine the cake mix, butter, milk, and vanilla bean pasta and mix until combined
Using a medium ice cream scoop, scoop the batter into the cupcake liners and fill about 3/4 of the way full
Bake in the oven for about 21 minutes
Pull out and place on the side to cool
Frosting Ingredients
1 C unsalted sweet cream butter, softened
2 1/2 C powder sugar
1 tsp vanilla
3-5 TBSP heavy whipping cream
Red food coloring
medium star tip and pastry bag
Directions
Using a standing mixer, combine all ingredients except the food coloring into the bowl and mix on medium speed
If your frosting starts looking like powdery rocks, add another tablespoon of heavy whipping cream
Mix until you see creamy stiffed peaks
Separate the frosting into three bowls
Add red dye into the bowl and mix until combined
Add a few more drops in to get a bright red
Fit the star tip into the piping bag
Scoop the red frosting into the piping bag
Twist the top of the piping bag and squeeze the frosting down
Take your cooled cupcake and frosting the cupcake from the outer edge
Gently peel off Lightning McQueen’s eyes and place onto the top center of the cupcake
Add two yellow dots below his eyes, in the corner for the headlights
Add 4 black dots, 2 on each side, for tires
Oh my goodness! These are so cute and yummy looking!
this is so cool. thanks for sharing the recipe for the icing transfer, i bet i can make all sorts of fun stuff now
These are absolutely adorable! You did a great job! Thank you for sharing!
Such cute cupcakes! My grandsons would love these for sure!
These cupcakes came out so cute! I’m going to pass these along to my friend for her son’s birthday.
I’m from Italy and Cars 3 just hit the cinema, I’m so excited and can’t wait to see it…This recipe is very interesting, I think I’ll try to replicate it, but to achive your level I’ll have to practice a lot!
Those are very clever. Too much work for me.
Really cute cupcake snacks!
These cupcakes turned out super cute! Thank you for sharing 🙂
I’d probably lose patience making them but they sure turned out cute.
These cupcakes are so adorable! My kids would love to make these and yours turned out awesome!
These cupcakes look so cute, not to mention delicious. I love this series, have to see the 3rd installment.
My nephew would love these cupcakes. He loves the movies.
This is one of my favorite Pixar characters! This cupcake recipe looks simple enough for even I can do it. Thank you very much for sharing.
These are so adorable! They look fun to make too!
Those are adorable! Perfect for a birthday party!
My kids would go crazy over these cupcakes. They’d probably make theirselves sick by eating them. They wouldn’t stop at one.
They would be a hit with my nephew. If I ever made them..
Oh these are super duper cute! My son would love them.
These would be great for my little boy’s birthday party.
The cupcakes are so cute ! My grandson would love this although i am not so sure i could do this Thanks for the post
These cupcakes look adorable! I love all the step-by-step photos. You make it look so easy. 🙂
Could you make these for me? They are very cute.