Star War's Party ... Bring on the Cupcakes (Hold on to your cloaks we have 6 characters)

I warned you yesterday that today would be a long post, we have 6 cupcakes to get through so hold on!  I know stop shaking your head at the screen I can't help myself I just want to try everything and then I end up over doing it.  And then of course you have to make 12 to 15 of each so then you end up with like 80 cupcakes ... hehe!  I had enough to give everyone at the party one, one in the gift bags and then left overs that BOTH Cole and Caden's class got one for lunch on Monday.

I made a very simple Moist White Cake recipe found on Cooks.com for the cupcakes (click the link for the recipe didn't want to overwhelm you with recipes ... lol).   I made a batch of my Sturdy Buttercream that we tinted orange, green, black and of course left some white (click the link and it will take you to the recipe I posted a few weeks back).

I bought Wilton Star War's Cupcake Liners on Amazon (50pk $4.96)

Cupcake invasion

Can you believe it took us 6 1/2 hours to frost & decorate all of them.

WHO am I kidding of course you can.

STOP shaking your head at me ... lol

My favorite Cupcake The Ewok Cupcakes

So I have to start with my favorite cupcake, just because it was so stinking cute.  I found this idea for the Ewok cupcake on My Clutzy Cooking.  I think our's turned out so cute and by all the kids that asked for this one I know it was a hit!

What you need:

Cupcake

Orange Frosting

Crushed Oreo's (or generic like me because I'm cheap)

Mini Oreo's

Black frosting for eyes & nose (you can use candies or brown icing)

1. Frost cupcake with a knife to make a smooth finish.
2. Crush Oreo's with a food processor (or in a bag and crush with rolling pin). Pushed some crushed Oreo's on as the face.
3. Pipe on hood-line (we used a grass tip to look like fringe). 
4. Put two mini Oreo's in as ears. 
5. Pipe some black frosting eyes and a nose on.

Next was my runner up for favorite cupcake, it really turned out fabulous!  My friend April made a REALLY simple Rolled Buttercream Fondant found on food.com which was then dyed green and we used the cookie cutters I bought to cut out Yoda's.  I was so going to go with one we made his face but I must say this was so cute and the fondant was so FREAKING easy.  Compared to the marshmallow fondant I made for the Lego Party last year that had marshmallow goo all up my arms and hands.

First start with the Rolled Buttercream Fondant

Ingredients

• 1 cup light corn syrup
• 1 cup shortening
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract, clear
• 2 lbs confectioners' sugarWilton's Gel Food coloring

Directions

1. In a large bowl, stir together the shortening and corn syrup. Mix in the salt, food coloring and vanilla flavoring, then gradually mix in the confectioners' sugar until it is a stiff dough. If you are using a stand mixer, use the dough hook attachment. Otherwise, knead by hand. If the dough is sticky, knead in more confectioners' sugar until it is smooth. Store in an airtight container at room temperature or in the refrigerator.
2. To use, roll out on a clean surface that has been dusted with confectioners' sugar until it is 1/8 inch thick or thinner if you can. Drape over frosted and chilled cakes and smooth the sides down, or cut into strips to make bows and other decorations.

What you Need:

Cupcake

Green Frosting (I used my favorite Sturdy Buttercream I posted about)

Rolled Buttercream Fondant (dyed Green)

Yoda Cookie Cutter (I found a 4 piece set on Ebay)

Once your fondant is rolled and ready to go take your Yoda Cookie Cutter and punch out the Yoda's.  We had a lot of fondant so we ended up with around 20 Yoda's ... lol they were so cute so we went with it!

April my amazing friend perfected the Princess Leia Hair and they came out so much cuter then one's I made for the classroom party. She actually added some frosting then laid the black licorice rope down, instead of trying to put frosting on each end like I did and did a hope and prayer that it would stay down (insert face palm).   I also used the white melts this time instead of the almond bark and I must say they were so much smoother and nicer looking.

PREVIOUS Princess Leia Cupcakes

NEW Princess Leia Cupcakes

What you Need:

Frosted Cupcake
Oreo's - White chocolate dipped if you can find them

White Candy Melts- if you can't find the chocolate dipped oreo's

Mini Oreo's

Black Candy Melts

Wilton's Black Licorice Strings

Wilton's Edible Pens (MUST be the Candy Melt Version)

1. Dipped Oreo's in melted White Candy Melts (IF you can't find white chocolate coated Oreo's).  Put on a silicone mat in fridge to firm up.  
2. Dip a mini Oreo in melted black candy melts.  Put on a silicone mat in fridge to firm up. 
3. When White Chocolate is firm, Add the licorice strings for the hair. Added a dab of chocolate ONTO the dipped Oreo to hold them down and just made it look like hair.
4. When the licorice is set, put in fridge if you need to help firm up.
5. Add a dab of frosting to the chocolate covered mini Oreo.  Add one to each side of the face (to resemble buns).
6. When everything has set up, take a edible Pen, use black to make eyes and red or pink to make the mouth (you can make a heart and it's a cute mouth).

The Storm Trooper was a super simple one to make!  Well let me take that back at first I tried to use edible pens to write on the marshmallows but it sucked! So I put marshmallows in the freezer thinking that would help.   It kind of helped but then my friend came up with plan C.  Food Coloring + Vodka = paint!  Don't worry the vodka evaporates and just leaves the food coloring!  It was brilliant and it comes out looking so much nicer then the hand drawn ones!  We took inspiration from the Storm Trooper picture on Kitchen Fun With My 3 Boys.

What you Need:

Frosted Cupcake

Extra Large Marshmallow (Campfire One's)

Wilton Black Gel Food Coloring (stick a knife in and grab a few drops)

1/8 cup of Vodka

1. Poor Vodka in small Cup
2. Add Black Gel Food Coloring
3. Take paint brush and paint on the Storm Trooper Face.
4. Let dry add to the top of a frosted cupcake.

The R2D2 was a very simple one, just melted some blue melts into my R2D2 mold I purchased on Amazon.

What you Need: 

Frosted Cupcake

R2D2 Mold (find on Amazon or Ebay)

Blue Wilton Candy Melts (Craft Store, Walmart or Target)

Cooking Spray or Wilton Cake Release

I put the melts in the microwave for about 1 1/2 minutes, don't let them burn!  Stir them around and then put a glob in your greased mold (I use cooking spray or you can use Wilton cake release). You can put in the fridge for 1/2 to 1 hour or if a hurry like I usually am put in freezer for 10 minutes.  Be careful when taking out of the mold, they can break!  I broke off a few of the R2D2 legs by rushing.

And last we end with the Darth Vader Cupcake.  I actually made extra when I did the classroom cupcakes that I kept in the freezer until the party date so this actually was the easiest of them all ... lol.

What you Need:

Frosted Cupcake
Darth Vader Silicone Mold

Candy Melts (black)
Cooking Spray or Wilton Cake Release

I put the melts in the microwave for about 1 1/2 minutes, don't let them burn!  Stir them around and then put a glob in your greased mold (I use cooking spray). You can put in the fridge for 1/2 to 1 hour or if a hurry like I usually am put in freezer for 10 minutes.  Be careful when taking out of the mold, they can break!

So there you have it!  All Cupcakes once decorated were put into a clear plastic cup with a clear plastic bag and tied with ribbon.  I hit the Dollar Tree (well actually 3 because I swear it must be the season for parties because it was slim pickings) to pick up the clear plastic cups (10pk $1), clear plastic bags (25pk $1) and ribbon in coordinating colors ($1 each).  We did brown ribbons for Ewok, green ribbons for Yoda, teal ribbons for R2D2, white ribbons for Princess Leia and black ribbons for Darth Vader & Storm Troopers. The party had ups and downs but that was just because of the pool and poor organization on their end.  

Thanks for stopping by, if you're looking for more Star War's Themed items here is a break down of all the other items I've done for the party:

Light Saber Invites

Yoda RSVP's
Edible Ewok Gummies

Princess Leia Cookies - Cupcake Toppers
Chocolate Darth Vader - Cupcake Toppers
Light Saber Napkin Wraps
Light Saber Fruit Roll-Ups
Pool Noodle Light Saber Tuturial
Yodalicious Apple
Death Star Watermelon

Jabba Jiggler's
TIE Fighter's
Owi-Wan Kabob-ie Fruit Kabobs
Light Saber - Chocolate Dipped Pretzel Rods
Yoda Soda
Light Saber - Fruit Roll-Ups
Star War's - Space Rocks or Space Fish
Darth Vader Cookies or Wookie Cookie Crumbs
Leia Rolls
May the Force Be with You Gift Bags

May the 4th be with you :)

Hope you all have a wonderful day!

Don't forget to see the parties I link up to HERE.

Star War's Party ... Princess Leia Cookies & Chocolate Darth Vader - Made into Cupcake Toppers

And we end this week of treats for Cole's class with the cupcakes made.  NOW don't worry we still have the actual party to come and that will be more post of we have Light Saber Napkins, Light Saber Fruit Roll ups, Light Saber Pool Noodles, Light Saber Pretzels, Wookie Cookies, Storm troop Cupcakes, Jabba Jigglers, Space Ship Watermelon and whatever else I can fit into these next two weeks. 

So now  on to the cupcakes made for the class. I thought it would be fun to do two different kinds one for Boys and one for Girls.  I bought a Darth Vader mold of amazon so I had that already to go for the boys cupcakes.  But for the girls I saw really cute Princess Leia Cookies on Favor's by Lauren's on her Etsy site.  Now her's totally rock and look professional, mine are cute for a class party ... lol.  Let's just say I have to master my skills on this one.  I do plan on making them again for the party in 2 weeks so we'll see how those turn out.

I made the homemade yellow cake mix recipe I'm not going to put it here again since I've already done 2x you probably are sick of seeing the recipe ... hehe.  I took half and dyed it black and left the other the white/yellow.  I wanted to do a black and white cupcake kind of like the good vs evil.  

What you Need:

homemade yellow cake mix recipe (or your favorite or boxed)

Black Gel Food Coloring (Wilton's)

Cupcake Liners

Fill cupcakes 1/3 with white/yellow and then top with a 1/3 black.  Mine came out a little funny looking but hey it's still fun!

Next on the list to make was the chocolate Darth Vader's.  This one of the most simplest things I did for these cupcakes.  I swear by Wilton's Candy Melts, you can find them at Walmart, Target or Michael's for around $2 to $2.50.  They melt the best and easy to work with.

What you Need:

Darth Vader Silicone Mold

Candy Melts (black)

I put the melts in the microwave for about 1 1/2 minutes, don't let them burn!  Stir them around and then put a glob in your greased mold (I use cooking spray). You can put in the fridge for 1/2 to 1 hour or if a hurry like I usually am put in freezer for 10 minutes.  Be careful when taking out of the mold, they can break!

I used the Darth Vader's on top of the cupcakes I frosted with the white so they would pop.

Next on the list was my most challenging one yet!  These Princess Leia cookies look so easy.  WELL that could be the case if you found white chocolate dipped oreo's which I DID NOT.  Then the darn hair was a pain in the butt!  I think the more I practice the better mine will look.  But for a first attempt I say not bad!

I also made a version where I just drew the hair on

SOOO much easier and I think she is cute :)

What you Need:

Oreo's - White chocolate dipped if you can find them

White Candy Melts / Almond Bark - if you can't find the chocolate dipped oreo's

Mini Oreo's

Black Candy Melts

Wilton's Black Licorice Strings

Wilton's Edible Pens (MUST be the Candy Melt Version)

1. Dipped Oreo's in melted almond bark or White Candy Melts (IF you can't find white chocolate coated Oreo's).  Put on a silicone mat in fridge to firm up.  
2. Dip a mini Oreo in melted black candy melts.  Put on a silicone mat in fridge to firm up.  
3. When White Chocolate is firm, Add the licorice strings for the hair. I added a dab of chocolate to hold them down and just made it look like hair.
4. When the licorice is set, put in fridge if you need to help firm up.
5. Add a dab of frosting to the chocolate covered mini Oreo.  Add one to each side of the face (to resemble buns).
6. When everything has set up, take a edible Pen, use black to make eyes and red to make the mouth (you can make a heart and it's a cute mouth).

Here is step by step.  LOT's of steps!

Click on picture to enlarge and help :)

ALEXIS Notes: NEXT I will use white melts instead of almond bark, melts nice and looks cleaner. Also NEXT time I will use some gel food coloring to make little swirls on the black mini Oreo's to resemble the buns in her hair.

There you go it was a lot of work but the kids really did enjoy them and it helped me do a practice run for the actual party.  I did the cupcake in the clear cup (dollar tree 10 for $1) idea again and put it in the clear bags I found at the dollar tree (25 pk for $1).  I have come to the thinking that this is the best way to serve cupcakes for parties!

Here's a recap of what I did :).

Again click the picture if you need it will help to see details.

For the invites and RSVP's I made click HERE

Have a GREAT day!

May the Force be with You!!

Don't forget to see the parties I link up to HERE.