Cakes and cupcakes

Made with box white cake mix, blue gel food coloring and nilla wafers. 35 min, makes 24, 12 ingredients.

Recipe by funmoneymom.com

Prep

15 min

Cook

20 min

Total

35 min

Makes

24

Ingredients

• 1 box white cake mix ( 15.25 ounce size)
• 1 cup water (*for cake batter)
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil (*for cake batter)
• 3 eggs (*for cake batter)
• 1 cup butter (softened)
• 2 tsp. vanilla extract
• 4 cups powdered sugar
• 1-2 tbsp. milk (as needed)
• blue gel food coloring
• 36 Nilla Wafers (crushed to fine crumbs (best done in a food processor))
• 24 peach ring candies
• 24 Teddy Grahams

Instructions

Method by funmoneymom.com. Cook it from their page if you can, so the people who developed and tested it get the visit.

1. Preheat your oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit and line a muffin tin with blue cupcakes liners.
2. In a large bowl, mix together the boxed cake mix with the other ingredients listed on the box. Bake cupcakes according to the package directions.
3. Allow cupcakes to cool completely to room temperature.
4. For the buttercream frosting, use a hand mixer or stand mixer to beat the butter until smooth. Mix in vanilla and powdered sugar, until well combined.
5. If the frosting is too thick, add 1 tablespoon of milk at a time until you get the consistency you like.
6. Add about 1 teaspoon of the blue food coloring to the vanilla frosting and mix until there are no streaks. If needed, add more blue to give your frosting the perfect ocean water look.
7. Frost the top of the cupcakes with blue frosting using an icing spatula (or a butter knife).
8. Sprinkle about a spoon full of Nilla wafer crumbs over half of the cupcake to make edible sand.
9. Place a teddy bear cracker inside of a peach ring and add to the “water” on the frosted cupcakes.
10. If you like, you can add paper umbrellas to the tops of the cupcakes for the perfect finishing touch. Enjoy!