Grey Moon Cupcakes

These cupcakes are over the moon! Made using the Color Right Performance Color System and your favorite chocolate cake recipe, these Grey Moon Cupcakes also use Color Mist to create small specks on the moon's surface. Serve them at a galaxy-themed party or add a few star-shaped sprinkles for a cute baby shower treat. A simple project for beginning decorators, these Grey Moon Cupcakes are simply out of this world!

Skill LevelBeginner

Amount24 cupcakes

Ingredients & Tools
Instructions

Instructions

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Bake cupcakes. Prepare cake batter following recipe instructions. Bake and cool in black cupcake liners.
Tint icing. Tint icing light grey and dark grey using color combinations provided.
ICING COLORS TINTED:
Use Color Right base colors and QuickCount color formulas to tint icing in the following shades:
- Light Grey: 4 cups white icing + 2BK
- Dark Grey: 1 cup white icing + 12BK
Decorate cupcakes. Prepare decorating bag with tip 1A and light grey icing. Cover tops of cupcake with light grey icing.
Prepare decorating bag with dark grey icing. Cut 3/8 in. tip off end of bag. Pipe 3 to 4 curved lines on each cupcake.
Using spatula, ice cupcakes smooth, blending colors together.
Lightly spray cupcakes using Black Color Mist.