Mickey Mouse Cupcakes with Mickey inside
Mickey was everywhere, even honeymooners donned Mickey Mouse hats with veils. It was Disney World after all, but I still did not expect the level of devotion that the adults had for the Disney characters. These cupcakes are a tribute to our time spent at Disney World and to all those Mickey Mouse LOVERS! It does not matter from which side you bite into these cupcakes, Mickey Mouse is there to suprise and delight the little and big kids alike.
Dark Brownie Mixture for Mickey on Inside
(you only need half of this recipe but I make the whole amount and let the kids have some).
1 cup or 220g (7.76 ounces) butter
2 1/4 cups or 490g (17.28 ounces) sugar
4 eggs
1 1/2 cups or 240g (8.47 ounces) plain flour
1 1/4 cups or 150g (5.29 ounces) unsweetened cocoa powder
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp instant coffee powder (optional)
1 Tbsp vanilla (optional)
Preheat oven to 180C (356 degrees Fahrenheit). Melt the butter, allow to cool then add the sugar and eggs and mix well. Add the remaining ingredients and mix until combined. Spoon into a 17.5cm (6.89 inches) x 27cm (10.63 inches) tin and spread to the edges. Bake for approx 20-30 minutes or until a knife inserted into the centre comes out clean, try not to over bake them.
To make the brownie ‘paste’ crumble the brownies into a bowl (remember that you only need half the brownies if you made the full recipe). Add 1/2 cup of vanilla cake batter and 1/4 cup of water and stir well. If it is still very dry and crumbly, this will be the case if the brownies were a little over baked, then you may need to add up to another 1/2 cup vanilla batter and 1/4 cup water. Once you have a moldable paste you can make your mickey shapes (see video below).
Mickey Shapes
Crumble the brownies into a bowl. Add the vanilla cake batter and 1/4 cup of water and stir well. If it is still very dry and crumbly, this will be the case if the brownies were a little over baked, then you may need to add extra cake batter and water until you have a thick shapeable ‘dough’.
Take 2 teaspoons of mixture and roll into a ball. Using another 3 teaspoons of mixture roll a snake that is 9cm (3.54 inches) (3.5”) long and join the two ends to make a donut shape. Place the donut on top of the ball like a crown. The mixture is quite sticky so use wet hands to make it easier to work with. Repeat to make 12.
Vanilla Cake Cupcake Recipe
(this recipe has been updated to give a softer, yummier cupcake)
(makes 12 cupcakes)
6 Tbsp or 80g (2.82 ounces) butter or margarine at room temperature
1 1/2 cups or 330g (11.64 ounces) sugar
2 cups or 320g (11.29 ounces) flour
3 tsp baking powder
pinch of salt
2 eggs
1 cup or 250mL (8.45 fluid ounces) full cream milk (4% fat)
1 tsp vanilla essence
Place the butter and dry ingredients into the bowl of an electric mixer and whisk until it resembles fine bread crumbs. Place the wet ingredients in another bowl and beat with a fork until well combined.
Add half of the wet mix into the crumb mix and beat for 30 seconds with the electric mixer on slow speed, add the remaining wet ingredients and mix for a further 30 seconds or until just combined (do not over mix).
Put a spoon of cake mixture into the bottom of 12 cupcake cases. Add a 3D mickey brownie shape (watch the video below for a demonstration of how to make these) then top with more cupcake mixture. Bake in the oven for approximately 15 minutes at 180C (356 degrees Fahrenheit).
Frost with buttercream (click to open the buttercream recipes and flavors post). Top with your mickey logo chocolate decorations (these are demonstrated in the video for info on how to temper chocolate and what chocolate to use click here).
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used this recipe for my best friend’s birthday, she absolute loved it
looks great Michelle
Been looking for something to please my Step Dad for his upcoming birthday and since he loves ‘The Mouse’ this is just the treat. Thanks for a great idea and the video to show how possible this can be!
Are the amounts to the Mickey Mouse cupcakes/brownies ingredients in US or British measurements?
Thank you.
Hi Elizabeth cups are UK cups, grams and ounces obviously don’t change around the world
Hi Ann
I love your tutorials and wish I had an ounce of your talent.
Could a “Blondie” (white choc brownie) recipe be used and tinted pink to make Minnie Mouse inside cupcakes please? These would be great for a pink princess party.
I tried your Dark Brownie recipe and it turns out gorgeous and yummy. Thanks a bunch.
😀
hello Ann
Can you tell me about how you get cupcakes with this recipe?
thank to you
Is there a way to make WHITE brownies (and color them with food coloring for other colors) for the mickey mouse?
Hi Ann!
Love your videos, recipes and tutorial, are really inspiration for me.
I have been use you vanilla cupcake recipe, but is not always that it works for me, most of my cupcakes sink a little bit on the middle or pours over the tin. Where can I be wrong? I have been following your step by step, could be the oven temperature maybe?
Thanks Alex
Hi Ann,
In the end I follow the grams instead of cups and it turned out good!
My friends are amazed and I want to thank you for sharing the recipe!!
Here’s the photo of the Mickey cupcakes I made to share with you!
they look great katie well done
Hi Ann! I always made my brownies with real (bitter) chocolate. What will be the difference in taste?
Hi Gaia, the recipes requiring bitter chocolate often add more sugar.
Hi! will it be alright if I used cake flour instead of regular flour? Since it’s the only one in my kitchen. Thanks!
I think it’s even better to use cake flour for sweet baking 🙂
Hi Gaia, cake flour is something we don’t get here in Australia much, but it is basically all purpose flour with a small amount of cornstarch added.
Hi Ann, in germany, cake flour is just normal flour but with a higher amount of protein. Actually you can get that kind of flour without the label saying it. And then it’s only half the price.
Yes definitely
Hello, this tutorial is just what i am looking for! I am doing a cake for my niece’s 1st birthday a Minnie theme and I was just wondering if you think this method would work for a big cake? I might even do the face and ears in separate layers of the cake as to make it more stable!
What are your thoughts? Thanks Elle
Hi Eloise, you could do that but it won’t have the mickey on every slice in the big cake.
Thanks SO much!!!!!!!
My pleasure, yumm
Hi miss Ann! I’m darlene. 13. My brownie batter is really thick. I melt the butter and then follow what you did in your video… What’s the couse ma’am?
Thank you. (Salamat) 🙂
Hi Darlene, I am not sure if you mean the batter before you bake it or when you are making the shape. I fwhen making the shape then it may be a little over-baked so dried out, but you can just add a little more cake batter to solve that.
I had the same problem…the batter is super thick before even baking it. Doesn’t look like the video at all :/
it is just hard for me to wrap around the number…
2 cups of flour is lighter than 1 1/2 cups of sugar?
Hi Angela, think about a cup of feathers compared to a cup of nails volumes can be the same but weights differ.
Hi Ann,
I have been following your site for a long time and thank you for making me the coolest cake making mum in my son’s class!
A quick question, I was trying to extract the Vanilla cake receipe from Mikey cake. and notice that you called for 1 1/2 cups of sugar (345g) and 2 cups of flour (320 g)… the numbers doesnt make sense to me. please clarify? should i just follow cups measure or grams measure? i like using grams cos it is easier for me to see on the scale!
Thanks again.
Angela
Hi Angela, think about a cup of feathers compared to a cup of nails volumes can be the same but weights differ. Flour is lighter than sugar
Hello Ann, may I know if there’s anyway I can reduce the sugar for the cupcakes but the texture remains fluffy or the same? Thanks.
hi dear, I watched you videos on You Tube , they are really really nice.
I am going to be like you as a decorator cake.
I love you :*
thanks for watching the video Neda, I am glad you like them
Hello Ann!! 😀
Thank you so much for the recipe! This are very creative cupcakes! I did them with my friends today and we loved them ^^
Here are some pictures:
Lovely Enrique, baking with friends is the best fun.
Hi Ann! Made this it was really fun thank you! You’re amazing!
thanks Zaynab, glad you had fun baking 😀