Description
Soft vanilla cupcakes topped with silky cream cheese frosting and a fluffy polar bear head made from marshmallows and coconut. Cute, festive, and surprisingly easy!
Ingredients
Scale
- 150 g sugar
- 120 g unsalted butter (softened)
- 2 eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 200 g flour
- 1 ½ tsp baking powder
- 1 pinch of salt
- 120 ml milk
- 200 g cream cheese (cold)
- 120 g unsalted butter (soft, not melted)
- 350 g powdered sugar (sifted)
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 12 large marshmallows
- 3 tbsp honey or melted white chocolate (for sticking)
- Shredded coconut (fine)
- 24 mini marshmallows (ears)
- 50 g dark chocolate (nose + eyes)
- 40 g white chocolate (snout base)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 175°C.
- Cream butter and sugar until fluffy (2–3 min).
- Add eggs one at a time and vanilla.
- Add flour, baking powder, and salt.
- Pour in the milk, mix until smooth.
- Fill cupcake liners 2/3 full.
- Bake for 18–20 min until lightly golden.
- Cool completely.
- Beat the butter until creamy for the frosting.
- Add cream cheese, mix 10–20 seconds only (don’t overbeat).
- Add vanilla and powdered sugar, mix until smooth and thick.
- Pipe a tall swirl on each cupcake using a large star tip.
- Dip each large marshmallow lightly in honey or white chocolate.
- Roll in shredded coconut to create fluffy “fur.”
- Pipe a small oval of melted white chocolate on the front center for the snout.
- Add a dot of dark chocolate for the nose.
- Cut mini marshmallows in half, dip the sticky side in coconut, and attach on top of the marshmallow head as ears.
- Pipe two tiny dots of dark chocolate for the eyes.
- Let the heads set for 10 minutes.
- Place each finished polar bear head gently onto the frosting swirl.
- Sprinkle a little more coconut like snow.
Notes
- Ensure the butter for the frosting is soft but not melted.
- Use a large star tip for piping the frosting for a better visual effect.
- Let the polar bear heads set properly to maintain their shape.
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cupcake
- Calories: 250
- Sugar: 20g
- Sodium: 150mg
- Fat: 12g
- Saturated Fat: 7g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 35g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 3g
- Cholesterol: 40mg