These delicious Up Cupcakes are inspired by the Disney movie Up! This 30 minute recipe allows your creativity to shine while also creating a tasty treat that your kids will love. These colorful, sweet cupcakes are perfect for parties or movie nights!
Easy Cake Mix Cupcakes
This recipe for Up Cupcakes is fairly simple and follows box cake mix instructions. By following this recipe you will learn new ways to decorate and create magic in each bite! Find more themed cake mix cupcake recipes here!
What We Love About This Recipe
- 30 Minute Dessert: This recipe is quick and easy to make!
- Family Friendly: This treat is fun to make, look at, and eat. Box cake mix recipes also make up to 24 cupcakes, enough for the entire family to enjoy!
If you’re looking for more creative cupcake recipes, try these Teddy Bear Cupcakes, Christmas Holly Cupcakes and Octopus Cupcakes.
Ingredient Notes
This recipe for Up Cupcakes has a very short list of ingredients!
- Frosting: This recipe requires vanilla, chocolate, and a light colored frosting.
- Bubblegum Balls: This finishing touch resembles the balloons on the house, just like the movie Up!
See the recipe card below for a complete list of the ingredients with measurements.
Variations
Try these variations to create a dessert that is perfect for you!
- Bubblegum Balls: Try using peanut or pretzel M&Ms to resemble the balloons If you do not like gumballs!
- Cupcakes: Yellow cake mix is recommended, but you may use any type of cake mix or your own favorite recipe.
How to Make Up Cupcakes
This recipe comes together in just 6 simple and fun steps!
These are the basic steps for making Up Cupcakes. Refer to the full, printable recipe card below for detailed instructions.
STEP 1: Baking
Preheat the oven, prepare batter, and bake cupcakes per the box instructions.
STEP 2: Prepare Frosting
Using three different piping bags, fill one with chocolate, one with vanilla, and one with a lightly colored frosting. Cut a large tip in the vanilla piping bag, and small tips in the others.
STEP 3: Decorate
After the cupcakes are completely cooled, use the vanilla frosting to pipe a flat circle on the top. Then use the chocolate frosting to draw a house at the bottom of the cupcake. Next, with the lightly colored frosting, personalize and decorate the house. Finally, create “balloon strings” with the chocolate frosting.
STEP 4: Finishing Touches
Place a gumball at the end of each icing balloon string. Enjoy!
Recipe FAQs
Expert Tips for Making This Recipe
- This Recipe Can be Doubled: This is a great recipe for a crowd. Simply increase the ingredients proportionately and split it into two baking dishes before baking.
- Light Colored Frosting: Set aside some of the vanilla frosting and use food coloring until you get your desired shade. You may also purchase colored frosting or decorative icing at the store.
- Short cut tip: Prepare all of your decorating materials while the cupcakes cool!
What to Serve with Up Cupcakes
Up Cupcakes
Equipment
- 1 Large Mixing Bowl
- 1 Electric Mixer or Whisk
- Cupcake Baking Pans
- 24 Cupcake Liners
- 3 Piping Bags
- Scissors
Ingredients
- 1 Box Yellow Cake Mix, Plus additional ingredients per directions
- 16 Ounces Chocolate Frosting
- 16 Ounces Vanilla Frosting
- 16 Ounces Light Colored Frosting
- 24 Bubblegum Balls
Instructions
- Preheat the oven, prep, and bake cupcakes per recipe instructions. Cool completely.
- Fill 3 seperate piping bags with vanilla, chocolate, and a light colored frosting. Using scissors, cut a large tip in the vanilla bag. Then cut a small tip in both the chocolate and light frosting bags.
- Use the vanilla frosting to pipe a smooth, flat swirl on the cupcake.
- Then use the chocolate frosting to draw a house at the bottom of the cupcake.
- Take the light colored frosting and add detail to the house as shown. Personalize the roof and windows to make them unique!
- Then take the chocolate frosting again and pipe balloon strings in varying lengths from the house out toward the top edge of the cupcake.
- Place a gumball at the end of each string to resemble the balloons.
- Serve and enjoy!
Expert Tips
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- This Recipe Can be Doubled: This is a great recipe for a crowd. Simply increase the ingredients proportionately and split it into two baking dishes before baking.
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- Light Colored Frosting: Set aside some of the vanilla and use food coloring until you get your desired shade. You may also purchase colored frosting or decorative icing at the store.
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- Short cut tip: Prepare all of your decorating materials while the cupcakes cool!