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Lego Ninjago Cupcakes for my Lego Fanatic

by Amy Blevins 10 Comments

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Cake Decorating Lego Ninjago Cupcake

Caleb wanted Lego Ninjago cupcakes for his birthday.  I did a little bit of searching online and found several versions of this cupcake — which makes the entire cupcake a ninja’s head.  Although it is not necessary, I did choose to put a layer of lego yellow frosting on each cupcake first.  I was concerned that without this the cupcakes would not have enough icing.  To get a nice deep color you need to use a good portion of the decorator colors from Wilton or another gel.

Cake Decorating Lego Ninjago Cupcake
After covering each cupcake in yellow, I added either blue cloth covers for their face, or red cloth covers for the face.  I did half and half because my son wanted some of each.  Whenever I make a dark color of frosting like this I add an extra teaspoon of real vanilla to the colored frosting to take out that nasty dye taste.  Without it, the frosting in these colors is inedible.

Cake Decorating Lego Ninjago Cupcake
After using my ribbon tip to create the head covering, including a little smudge for the nose, I added eyes and eyebrows to the slit of face still showing.  I used the tiniest round tip available and black frosting.  All of the tips I used for these cupcakes are included in this Wilton Tip Set.

Black frosting is easy to make… it’s all about ratio.  You need a high ratio of back food coloring to a much smaller amount of frosting.  Since this frosting is only going to be used to make eyes and eyebrows, I didn’t need more then a couple tablespoons.  I added an entire jar of food coloring to this tiny amount of frosting.  The result is a gorgeous black that tastes awful.  In this case, I knew no one would notice the taste because such a tiny bit was gracing the top of a well-iced cupcake. So, I didn’t bother adding any extra vanilla to the black.  I did accidentally lick a smidge off my fingers and seriously — this stuff is gross.

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One thing I always remind people about cake decorating for family is this.  No one cares if it looks perfect, as long as it tastes good.  That’s why I use the Wilton Extra Special Buttercream frosting recipe below.  It tastes awesome and people forget the flaws in my designs!  Also, I like to remind people that your kids are going to remember that you wanted to make their birthday special and went the extra mile to make their cakes.  They are not nearly as picky about how a cake looks as an adult buying from a bakery will be!  Just do it!

Cake Decorating Lego Ninjago Cupcake

Here is the yummy “special buttercream” recipe that I use:

Special Buttercream Frosting

2 Cups Shortening

2 Boxes Powdered sugar or 8 cups measured

1 tsp real vanilla

1 tsp salt

6-8 ounces of heavy whipping cream

First you cream the sugar and shortening.  Then you add the remaining ingredients and keep whipping on high until it is smooth and all the lumps work out.  This will take a few minutes.  I have blown out three hand mixers making this frosting — it is tough stuff.  My mother-in-law finally bought me this stand mixer for Christmas one year.

If you need a stiff frosting to decorate, add 6 ounces of whipping cream.  If you are trying to frost a cake smooth, add 8 ounces of whipping cream and some extra milk to make a thinner spreadable frosting.  I like to use two boxes of powdered sugar and sticks of shortening so that I do not have to measure, but technically the recipe does call for 8 cups of powdered sugar.  I just add a little extra at the end if my frosting is not stiff enough to hold its shape.  I also like to use the Wilton Disposable Bags so that when I am done I can simply take my tip out of the end of the bag and throw the rest away.  Easy clean-up!


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About Amy Blevins

Amy lives with her husband and six beautiful children in Northern Virginia. Besides blogging, Amy enjoys homeschooling, hiking, reading, singing, teaching, and serving Jesus above all. Welcome.

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  1. Marie says

    February 10, 2012 at 8:23 AM

    So that’s how you keep the icing from tasting bad. Cupcakes look great

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  2. amyb says

    July 2, 2012 at 2:29 PM

    Thank you Marie! You can add an extra teaspoon of vanilla, almond or butter flavoring to help cut the bitterness when you are making dark colors. It works great.

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  3. Mary says

    July 3, 2012 at 7:46 AM

    Awesome!!! Now ds wants to make some.

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  4. Joelle says

    July 4, 2012 at 7:22 AM

    Wow, stunning! I am not showing this to my boys ;-)!
    I will try to remember this post for when my boys’ birthday comes around.

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  5. Beth says

    July 4, 2012 at 10:36 AM

    I feel that way about black frosting too! I made my son cupcakes instead of a regular cake for his last birthday–so much easier.

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  6. Jennifer says

    July 5, 2012 at 10:27 PM

    That is a LOT of frosting. Happy birthday to your Lego fanatic. 🙂

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  7. Dana says

    July 9, 2012 at 6:20 AM

    These are great! Might have to make some of those for my Lego loving son!

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