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Hellloooo there and welcome back!! Today we are making a GIANT Unicorn Cupcake inspired by the Dream the Unicorn Pikmi Pop! And if you haven’t heard of Pikmi Pops before, they’re these adorable lollipop surprise packs with a sweetly-scented plush and secret message inside! There’s 45+ kinds of Pikmi Pops to collects, and they’re all so cute and they smell AMAZING ❤ Hope you enjoy the video!!
Why use the reverse cream method for the cake?
The reverse cream method means each particle of flour gets coated with the butter which allows for a dense, moist cake that’s still super tender and fluffy!
Vanilla Cake Recipe
Ingredients
- 3 cups cake flour
- 2 cup sugar
- 2 tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp salt
- ½ cup butter, room temperature, cut into 1/2 inch cubes
- ½ cup oil
- 4 eggs
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 4 tsp vanilla
Directions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F. Spray the bottom of a giant cupcake pan and 1.5 qt. bowl generously with cooking spray.
- In the bowl of an electric mixer, mix together the cake flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt on low speed with the paddle attachment for 1 minute.
- Keeping the mixer on low speed, add the cubed butter and combine until the mixture resembles coarse sand (about 4 minutes).
- In a separate bowl, whisk together the oil, eggs, buttermilk, and vanilla. With the mixer on low speed, gradually add the wet ingredients and mix just until combined.
- Scoop 2 1/2 cups of batter into the bowl and place the remaining batter in the cupcake pan. Bake the bowl for about 35-40 minutes and the cupcake pan for about 60 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Let the cakes cool completely before decorating.
Buttercream Frosting Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups (3 sticks) unsalted butter
- 4 ½ cups powdered sugar
- 1 ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3-4 tablespoons milk
- Gel food color in pink, blue, and purple.
Directions
- Cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes. Mix in the vanilla and milk until combined.
- Use the frosting to frost the outside of the top of the cupcake and to “glue” the bottom portion of cake into the wrapper. Then after assembling the cake, divide the remaining frosting between three bowls and color one of each pink, blue, and purple. Use this frosting to pipe on the mane.
Additional Decorating Ingredients
- Mini cupcakes, frosting, and sprinkles for mini Pikmi Pops cupcakes
- Candy melts in black, white, red, and pink
- Jumbo marshmallow
- Black licorice
- One sugar cone
- Gold luster dust
- Clear vanilla extract
