Father’s Day Cupcakes and Printable Toppers

Father’s Day is just a few weeks away! Treat Dad like a king and bake him a batch of cupcakes and add these fun Father’s Day Cupcakes and Printable Toppers!

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Before we get to the Cupcake Toppers, let’s chat about the Cupcakes…

These Camouflage Cupcakes are perfect to celebrate Dad on his special day!  Starting with 1 white cake mix and 1 chocolate cake mix, then topped with Camouflage Frosting. They are as fun to make as they are to eat.

How to make Camouflage Cupcakes

1. After mixing the white cake mix with ingredients to make it taste more like homemade, then divide  batter into 3 equals amounts – about 1 cup each into separate bowls.
2. Color 1 part with 3-4 drops green coloring then add 1/4 cup chocolate cake batter, mix well. By adding the chocolate cake batter, you will get the deep green color.
3. Add 1/4 cup chocolate cake batter to another bowl of white batter, mix well
4. Leave the third bowl with white cake batter and the remaining chocolate cake batter

Now it’s time to fill the cupcake liners and create the camouflage look.

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees and fill muffin pan with cupcake liners
2. Divide batter into 4 separate bags, you can use decorator bags like I did or any resealable bag.
3. Add the batter, all colors at the same time into cupcake liners. It’s easiest if you have another set of hands to help you.
4. Use a knife or toothpick to gently swirl the batter.
5. Bake at 350 degrees for about 15 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean

Next comes the frosting, you can certainly add whatever frosting Dad likes best. For these I added multi-colored frosting to match the cupcakes.

How to make Camouflage Frosting

• 1 batch of Buttercream Frosting
• 1 batch of Chocolate Buttercream Frosting – add 1/4 cup cocoa to Buttercream Frosting

Note: depending on the number of cupcakes you need, you can also use 1 batch of Buttercream Frosting and divide it in half

1. Color part of the white frosting with a few drops of Forest Green Coloring
2. Add green, white and chocolate icing to a decorator bag fitted with a #1M Star Tip
3. Pipe on frosting

For the Father’s Day Cupcake Toppers, after downloading the printables, I cut them with a 2 inch circle hole punch, then taped them to colorful straws. You can also use lollipop sticks or wooden skewers.

Printable Father’s Day Cupcake Toppers

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Camouflage Cupcakes

Yield: 32-36 cupcakes

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 15 minutes

Total Time: 25 minutes

Fun cupcakes for Father's Day, Birthday or any occasion. Recipe on HoosierHomemade.com

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Ingredients

Cupcakes

• 1 white boxed cake mix
• 4 eggs, 1 cup buttermilk (splash of vinegar in measuring cup & fill with milk, let set a couple minutes), 1/3 cup oil
• 1 chocolate boxed cake mix
• 4 eggs, 1 cup buttermilk (splash of vinegar in measuring cup & fill with milk, let set a couple minutes), 1/3 cup oil
• Forest Green Coloring

Frosting

• 1 batch of Buttercream Frosting
• 1 batch of Chocolate Buttercream Frosting – add 1/4 cup cocoa to Buttercream Frosting

Instructions

Cupcakes

1. Combine white cake mix with eggs, buttermilk and oil until well blended. Set aside
2. Combine chocolate cake mix with eggs, buttermilk and oil until well blended. Set aside
3. Divide white cake batter into 3 equals amounts – about 1 cup each into separate bowls
4. Color 1 part with 3-4 drops green coloring then add 1/4 cup chocolate cake batter, mix well
5. Add 1/4 cup chocolate cake batter to another bowl of white batter, mix well
6. Leave the third bowl with white cake batter and the remaining chocolate cake batter
7. Preheat oven to 350 degrees and fill muffin pan with cupcake liners
8. Divide batter into 4 separate bags, you can use decorator bags like I did or any resealable bag.
9. Add the batter, all colors at the same time into cupcake liners. It’s easiest if you have another set of hands to help you.
10. Use a knife or toothpick to gently swirl the batter.
11. Bake at 350 degrees for about 15 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean
12. Cool completely

Frosting

1. Color part of the white frosting with a few drops of Forest Green Coloring
2. Add green, white and chocolate icing to a decorator bag fitted with a #1M Star Tip
3. Pipe on frosting

Notes

Depending on the number of cupcakes you need, you can also use 1 batch of Buttercream Frosting and divide it in half