Lightning McQueen Cupcakes
No one knows better than Lightning McQueen just how bumpy the road to success can be. Add a few transcontinental twists and turns, and you've got an edge-of-the-seat race to the finish. But rest assured, Lightning's quick -- just watch how fast these cupcakes disappear!
You'll need:
- Batch of frosted cupcakes
- White chocolate candy bar or bar of white baking chocolate
- Red cupcake icing
- Toothpick
- Mini chocolate chips
- Chocolate candies with brown shells (such as M&Ms)
- Small chocolate candies with yellow shells (such as M&M Minis)
1. For the windshields, cut small rectangles (about 1- by 1.75-inches) from the white chocolate. Pipe a line of red icing trim along the side and top edges of each rectangle. Then use the tip of a toothpick to "drill" shallow holes where the eyes will go, and gently press mini chocolate chips (tips down) in place. Set the windshields aside until the icing hardens. |  |
2. Working with one cupcake at a time, frost the top with red icing. Gently press a windshield partway down into the center of the cupcake.
3. Press two sets of brown-shelled candies into the frosting on the sides of the cupcake for tires.
4. Add headlights by turning yellow-shelled candies on edge and pressing them into the frosting (a toothpick comes in handy for this). For a mouth, press a small curve of white chocolate into the frosting at the front of the cupcake.
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Member Comments On...
Lightning McQueen Cupcakes
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this is more time consuming than I thought!!! If your a perfectionist like me then here are some tips: I couldnt find red frosting in my little town.white frosting and red food coloring = pink frosting or a million bottles of color. Go to Party City or a bakery and buy an icing color set or pre-made red frosting. I bought the Disney Cars themed icing color set from Party City. I bought a bag of black m&m's instead of picking out all the brown from a bag. The windshields i made by melting vanilla Candiquik into ice cube trays!! pop'em out and use black icing or something that doesnt require drilling holes for eyes..it was just too much. Unless you like all the time it takes to make an adorable cupcake that will be messed up in 2 seconds!! Very cute idea. loved making them. I just didnt plan ahead on the time it took to find the frosting and things local or baking and making everything.
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instead of using a toothpick and drilling a hole in the chocolate for the eyes, i just used white frosting to stick the "eyeballs" on. very cool idea all together!
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I love this. we had a cars birthday for my son and I made a mater cake and tractor cupcakes fromthe movie. they turned out really cute. here is the link:
http://thedragonsfairytail.blogspot.com/2011/03/disney-cars-birthday-party.html
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