Shirt Cupcakes {For Father's Day or Dad's Birthday}

Easy shirt cupcakes, homemade with simple ingredients. Use fondant to make edible shirts to decorate soft and moist yellow cupcakes for Dad's birthday or Father's Day.

This round Shirt Cake was the inspiration behind today's dessert. You don't need any any special cake decorating tools and the tutorial is simple enough for beginners who have never decorated cupcakes before. For more cool desserts for men, check out these Fun Father's Day Ideas.

How to make shirt cupcakes?

1. Bake cupcakes- Yellow cupcakes appeared to be the best classic choice.
2. Let them cool- Until room temperature.
3. Make buttercream icing- Color it, if you like.
4. Make fondant toppers– Using simple tools like a shirt cutter and knife.
5. Assemble- Pipe a swirl of frosting on top of cupcakes and place a fondant shirt on top of each one.

Variations for Dad cupcakes

Try different colors- Use your Dad's favorite colors.

Try other cupcake flavors– Such as Chocolate Chip Cupcakes or Mocha Cupcakes (Coffee Cupcakes).

Try other frosting flavors- Such as Seven Minute Frosting or Peanut Butter Frosting.

Fill cupcakes- With jams and preserves, Homemade Dulce De Leche or nut butters (peanut butter, almond butter, Nutella, Biscoff), candies and sprinkles or Homemade Caramel Sauce.

Tips and Techniques

Don’t frost or decorate warm cupcakes- Because the warmth will cause the icing and fondant to melt and make a sticky mess.

Homemade fondant vs. Marshmallow fondant- Either can be used. I prefer homemade fondant because it tastes really good.

Use gel coloring for fondant- Because it's thicker and more concentrated than liquid food coloring and does not make the fondant sticky. Instead of coloring white fondant, you can also buy pre-colored fondant. This will obviously save you time.

Make mini cupcakes- Follow the same instructions below to make mini fondant toppers.

Storage

Room temperature- Sore decorated cupcakes in a covered box for up to 2 days, as long as there is no perishable filling.

Refrigerate– Store leftovers in a covered box for 3 days but please note the fondant decorations will become sticky due to the moisture in the fridge.

Freeze– Decorated cupcakes cannot be frozen because when they thaw, the fondant decorations become sticky due to condensation. However, cupcakes and frosting can be stored separately in sealed containers in the freezer for up to 1 month. When you are ready to enjoy this treat, thaw in fridge overnight and follow instructions below.

More Father's Day Ideas

• Father's Day Cake (Tool Box Cake)
• Father's Day Cupcakes (With Handyman Tools)
• Sports Cookies (Basketball, Baseball, Soccer, Tennis)
• Tie Dye Shirt Cake
• Pull Apart Football Cupcake Cake
• Spicy Chocolate Fudge Footballs

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