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Mehndi Cupcakes

January 11, 2018 By Manu 2 Comments

Mehndi Cupcakes

Just before Christmas, my youngest daughter turned 8. She wanted an Indian themed birthday party this time, so she and her sister could wear the beautiful Indian outfits their grandma got for them from India. 

I made these Mehndi Cupcakes to take to school so she could celebrate with her classmates.

Mehndi Cupcakes

I have to say, I was quite apprehensive about making the toppers, but it turned out easier than expected. It’s all about practice. The first 2 or 3 were hard to make, but it soon became easier as I got used to the piping technique.

Mehndi Cupcakes

Needless to say, they were a huge hit! And I liked the design so much, that I made more to use… for something else. Come back in a few days to find out what I did with the extra toppers! Enjoy!

Mehndi Cupcakes

 

Mehndi Cupcakes
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Mehndi Cupcakes

Mehndi Cupcakes – delicious chocolate cupcakes with vanilla buttercream and fondant Mehndi toppers which are almost too cute to eat!
Course Dessert
Cuisine International
Prep Time 2 hours
Cook Time 25 minutes
Total Time 2 hours 25 minutes
Servings 15
Author Mehndi Toppers from Sweetie Darling Cakes

Ingredients

Chocolate Cupcakes

  • 190 gms – 1 ½ cups flour
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • ¼ tsp sea salt
  • 115 gms – 4 oz. unsalted butter at room temperature
  • 125 gms – 1 cup + 2 tbsp packed brown sugar
  • 2 eggs at room temperature
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • ½ cup buttermilk or yogurt
  • 2 tbsp milk
  • 3 to 4 tbsp cocoa powder

Vanilla Buttercream

  • 125 gms – 4.4 oz. butter softened
  • 225 gms – 8 oz. icing sugar
  • 1 ½ tsp vanilla extract or to taste
  • Green and Blue colouring

Decorations

  • Coloured Fondant rounds
  • Golden cachous/pearls
  • Coloured Royal Icing
  • Edible glitter
  • Edible glue

Instructions

Chocolate Cupcakes

  1. Preheat the oven to 165°C – 330°F and line muffin trays with papers.
  2. Combine the flour, cocoa, baking powder and salt together in a bowl and set aside.
  3. Then cream the butter, vanilla and brown sugar until pale and fluffy.
  4. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating until well incorporated. Remember to scrape down the sides of the bowl as needed.
  5. Add the flour and cocoa powder mixture in three batches, alternating it with two additions of buttermilk (or yogurt) and milk. Beat until well combined.
  6. Put the batter into the lined muffin tray cups, filling each to about half.
  7. Bake for about 25 minutes or until cooked through.
  8. When cooked, let them cool down in the tray for 10 minutes, then put them on a wire rack to cool down completely.

Vanilla Buttercream

  1. Beat the softened butter with an electric mixer fitted with a paddle attachment for a few minutes and then slowly incorporate the icing sugar, vanilla extract, and green and blue colours. Mix well.

Decorations

  1. To make mehndi patterns on the fondant rounds, use a small 1.5 tip and coloured royal icing.
  2. Make sure the fondant has hardened before piping on it, so you won’t risk making any indentations.
  3. Decorate with golden pearls and some edible glitter.

To Assemble the cupcakes

  1. Put the vanilla buttercream in a piping bag fitted with an open star tip (I used 1M Wilton) and decorate the chocolate cupcakes with it.
  2. Top with the mehndi cupcake toppers.

 

Mehndi Cupcakes

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Filed Under: Baking, Birthday, Cake and Cookie Decorating, Desserts, Indian, Snack, Special Occasions, Tea Time Tagged With: baking, birthday, Bollywood, cake decorating, chocolate, chocolate cupcakes, cupcakes, dessert, India, Indian, kids, mehendi, mehndi, party, sweets, tea time

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  1. Indian Cake says:
    January 29, 2018 at 7:21 pm

    […] probably remember the Mehndi Cupcakes I already shared with you. And now here I am with the party showstopper: a beautiful Indian Cake! […]

    Reply
  2. Peacock Cupcakes says:
    February 1, 2018 at 7:54 pm

    […] part of my daughter’s 8th birthday celebrations. She had an India-themed party, so after making Mehndi Cupcakes and an Indian Cake, I thought to make Peacock Cupcakes to take to school for her […]

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