Take a bite out of these Royal Icing Bat Wing Cupcakes, before they take a bite out of you! You'll be glad you did because they're BATtastically delicious, and not at all threatening to make. Let me show you how.
**Please Note – The printable recipe card with detailed instructions and complete ingredient measurements for making these Royal Icing Bat Wing Cupcakes is available near the end of this post.
**Important Note – There are four components to making these Royal Icing Bat Wing Cupcakes with Buttercream Frosting. Since the royal icing bat wings and the candy eyeballs take time to completely dry, please plan accordingly and start those elements at least 4 days before assembling the cupcakes.
Make the royal icing bat wings and eyeballs 4 days in advance.
Make the cupcake batter and bake.
Assemble the royal icing bat wing cupcakes.
Who in their right mind would want to take the time to make these cupcakes?
Someone who wants a bit of a baking challenge.
Someone who likes to surprise and delight people with fun food creations.
Someone like YOU, and ME!
In a large bowl, blend together softened butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar, mayonnaise, egg, vanilla, and milk.
Add the cocoa powder, espresso powder, salt, all-purpose flour, and baking powder to the bowl and blend until incorporated and smooth.
Line 8 cupcake wells with liners.
Divide the batter evenly between the 8 cupcakes.
Bake at 350-degrees for 15-18 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
Set the cupcakes aside on a wire rack to cool completely.
In a large bowl, blend softened butter with vanilla until creamy.
Add confectioners sugar and a splash of milk.
Add black gel food color to the frosting until you reach your desired color.
Spoon the buttercream icing into a piping bag that has been fitted with a Wilton 1M tip.
Pipe the buttercream icing in rosette form (starting in the center and working out to the edge of the cupcake), and subsequently build the frosting up so it's high enough to accommodate the royal icing bat wings.
Gently and carefully press two bat wing into the icing.
Sprinkle the top of the buttercream frosting with black sprinkles (if desired).
Below is the printable recipe card for today's Royal Icing Bat Wing Cupcakes with Buttercream Frosting. If you've enjoyed this recipe and look forward to making it (or have already made it), I'd appreciate if you'd take a moment to give it some feedback by way of stars near the comment section at the end of this post. Thank you so much!
Take a bite out of these Royal Icing Bat Wing Cupcakes, before they take a bite out of you! You'll be glad you did because they're BATtastically delicious, and not at all threatening to make.
To make the royal icing bat wings and eyeballs - Must dry for 4 days, so plan accordingly.
Mix the royal icing ingredients in a large bowl. Remove 1 cup of white icing and set aside. Add the warm water sparingly. The icing should be thick, but not too thick. Use the water to thin the icing for piping as needed.
Use cardboard to draw out two bat wings approximately 3" in length and 1½" in width. Cut with scissors.
Color the largest amount of royal icing with the black gel color until you reach your desired shade of black. Spoon the outline icing into a piping bag, zip-top bag, OR parchment triangle.
For the eyes; pipe white dots onto parchment paper. Pipe black royal icing dots into the white dots to form the eyes. Allow to dry completely for 4 days.
**Note - the eyeballs may be kept indefinitely by storing in a cool, dry place in an airtight container.
Line 8 cupcake wells with cupcake liners. Divide the batter evenly between the 8 cupcake liners.
Add confectioners sugar and milk. Blend until thick and creamy.
Add black gel food color to the frosting and blend until you reach your desired color.
Pipe the buttercream icing in rosette form (starting in the center and working out to the edge of the cupcake), and subsequently build the frosting up so it's high enough to accommodate the royal icing bat wings.
Gently and carefully press two bat wing into the frosting.
I sincerely hope you've enjoyed today's recipe for Royal Icing Bat Wing Cupcakes with Buttercream Frosting as much as I've enjoyed bringing it to you.
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I couldn't love how these turned out more! Absolutely frightful (in a good way)!
I got so distracted reading all the scrummy sweet treats that I almost forgot to comment!
I have the wings drying in my pantry at the moment.
Can't wait to assembly these cookies for my sons Batman themed birthday party!!!!
As soon as I saw these I knew they would be perfect.
Thank you for a perfectly timed recipe and the video so much help for someone not confident with icing.
These will be awesome for a Batman party!!! Brilliant idea!
These are absolutely adorable and perfect for Halloween! The kids love them!
Those bat wings! AWESOME! These cupcakes are so fun.
These are amazing Renee! Always so talented.
These are bakery-worthy, Renee! So pretty!