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We made these banana Big Bird Cupcakes and my four year old just loved these! These are very easy to make and decorate using Starburst candies and sprinkles.
Sesame Street Cupcakes
If you have little Sesame Street fans they are going to love these Big Bird cupcakes. We have made so many Sesame Street characters into fun food in the past with our favorite being Cookie Monster.
Bird Bird Cupcake Ingredients
- Yellow cake mix
- Instant banana pudding
- Eggs
- Sour cream
- Milk
- Banana extract
- Butter
Frosting
- Butter
- Shortening
- Banana extract
- Powdered sugar
- Milk
- Yellow gel coloring
Decoration
- Starburst candy
- White Sixlets
- Black Sprinkles
- White cookie icing
How To Make Big Bird Cupcakes
- Mix the cake mix and pudding in a bowl and set aside.
- Mix your wet ingredients using a mixer with a paddle attachment and then add your cake mixture.
- Spoon 3 tablespoons of batting into each cupcake liner and bake for 16-18 minutes.
- Remove from the oven making sure a toothpick comes out clean and cool.
- While cupcakes are cooling, prepare your banana buttercream frosting.
- In a large bowl cream together the butter until smooth on medium speed.
- Add shortening and banana extract and powdered sugar until combined.
- Add 2 tablespoons of milk and yellow food coloring (trying to match the yellow Star Burst).
- Add the other tablespoon of milk if needed and beat for 1-2 minutes.
- Once the cupcakes have cooled, frost the cupcakes.
- Place each piece of candy in the microwave for 8 seconds to soften (for decorating we used Starburst candy)
- Flatten out the blue and pink candies using your fingers and cut into strips using kitchen scissors.
- Add 2 black sprinkles on the front using the white cookie icing.
- You will use 1 yellow Starburst to make the beak. After you soften the candy, cut it in half at a angle and then shape the pieces into a beak.
Other Sesame Street Food Ideas
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We made these banana Big Bird Cupcakes and my four year old just loved these! These are very easy to make and decorate using Starburst candies and sprinkles.
Ingredients
- 1 box yellow cake mix
- 4 tablespoons instant banana pudding
- 4 eggs
- 1/2 cup sour cream
- 1 cup milk
- 1 tablespoon banana extract
- 1/4 cup butter, melted
Frosting
- 1 cup butter, unsalted
- 1 cup shortening
- 2 tablespoons banana extract
- 8 cups powdered sugar
- 6-8 tablespoons milk
- yellow gel coloring
Decorating
- Starburst candy, yellow, blue, pink, and red
- white Sixlets
- black Sprinkles
- white cookie icing
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350. Line 2 12-cup cupcake pans with yellow cupcake liners.
- Mix the cake mix and pudding in a bowl and set aside. Mix your wet ingredients using a mixer with a paddle attachment and then add your cake mixture.
- Beat for about 15-20 seconds. Do not overbeat.
- Spoon 3 tablespoons of batting into each cupcake liner and bake for 16-18 minutes.
- Remove from the oven making sure a toothpick comes out clean and cool.
- While cupcakes are cooling, prepare your banana buttercream frosting. In a large bowl cream together the butter until smooth on medium speed. Add shortening and banana extract.
- Slowly add powdered sugar until combined. Add 2 tablespoons of milk and yellow food coloring (trying to match the yellow Star Burst). Add the other tablespoon of milk if needed and beat for 1-2 minutes.
- Once the cupcakes have cooled, frost the cupcakes using a #98 tip pulling it out to a point to look like hair.
- Place each piece of candy in the microwave for 8 seconds to soften (for decorating we used Starburst candy) Flatten out the blue and pink candies using your fingers and cut into strips using kitchen scissors.
- Press your pieces onto the white Sixlets candy to look like eyelids. Add 2 black sprinkles on the front using the white cookie icing.
- You will use 1 yellow Starburst to make the beak. After you soften the candy, cut it in half at a angle and then shape the pieces into a beak. Do the same with the red and pink and shape 2 small pieces to decorate the mouth. Using Starburst is like working with fondant. It's just better because it's already colored!
Nutrition
Calories: 560kcalCarbohydrates: 122gProtein: 5gFat: 41gSaturated Fat: 19gPolyunsaturated Fat: 6gMonounsaturated Fat: 13gTrans Fat: 3gCholesterol: 112mgSodium: 539mgPotassium: 111mgFiber: 1gSugar: 102gVitamin A: 747IUVitamin C: 0.1mgCalcium: 154mgIron: 1mg
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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I'd love to bake cupcakes for my niece's birthday next month!
Your very talented.
Just for birthday party entertaining in general.
This would be great for birthdays!!
I'd love to have this book to help raise money for the different charities we donate to thru out the year with bake sales.
Big Bird was always one of my favorite Sesame Street Characters, and you did such a fantastic job creating him out of cupcakes.
Cupcakery looks amazing! I'd love to have it for birthday parties throughout the year, and for neighborhood dessert parties.
I would love this for my twins 7th birthday!
I would like to have one for a Halloween party