Celebrate May the 4th With Obi-Wan Kenobi Cupcakes
If you’re looking a fun way to celebrate May the 4th with your Star Wars-loving family than we’ve got a delectable idea! Celebrate one of the saga’s most beloved character (and the star of his own upcoming Disney+ series.) with a fun recipe for Obi-Wan Kenobi cupcakes.
Jedi of all ages are sure to love these fragrant and fluffy cinnamon-vanilla cupcake topped with a light, sweet frosting. Using your best icing techniques you can even recreate Obi-Wan’s famous beard. A robe made of chocolate fondant, to look like Obi-Wan’s cape adds the finishing touches.
Let’s get baking!
Obi-Wan Kenobi Cupcakes
Cupcakes:
- 1-1/4 cups cake flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, softened
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1-1/2 teaspoons vanilla
- 1/2 cup whole milk
Frosting:
- 3/4 cup (1-1/2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 3 cups confectioners’ sugar
- 1/4 cup heavy whipping cream
- 1 teaspoon cocoa powder
- Pink food coloring
Decorations:
- Black icing
- 16 ounces chocolate brown fondant
Directions:
Step 1: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Prep a cupcake pan with 12 liners.
Step 2: In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt. Set aside.
Step 3: In the bowl of an electric mixer cream the butter and sugar for two minutes, until fluffy. Add the eggs one at a time until incorporated, then stir in the vanilla.
Step 4: Alternate milk with the dry ingredients until just combined.
Step 5: Spoon the batter evenly into the prepped liners. Bake for 15 minutes. Let cool on a wire rack.
Step 6: In a medium bowl with a handheld mixer, cream the butter, vanilla, and salt, until combined.
Step 7: Gradually add confectioners’ sugar and heavy whipping cream for 1 to 2 minutes until light and airy.
Step 8: Remove 1 cup of frosting into a small bowl and stir in the cocoa powder. Place in a piping bag with a #5 tip. Set aside.
Step 9: With remaining frosting, stir in a small amount of pink food coloring to tint the frosting to a light skin tone. Frost the cupcakes, using an offset spatula to level flat.
Step 10: With the cocoa icing, pipe a mustache and beard onto the lower half of the cupcake. Use the black icing to add two eyes
Step 11: Divide the fondant into 12 pieces. Roll out one piece and trim to a 5 x 3 inch rectangle. Drape around one cupcake to create the robe. Repeat with the rest of the fondant and cupcakes. Once all the cupcakes are complete, they’re ready to serve.
You also won’t want to miss Obi-Wan when it makes its Disney+ debut on May 25, 2022.
The action of the Obi-Wan series takes place 10 years after Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith. Obi-Wan Kenobi has just faces his greatest defeat, the downfall and corruption of his best friend and Jedi apprentice, Anakin Skywalker who turned to the dark side to become Darth Vader.
The series marks the return of Ewan McGregor in the role of the Jedi Master as well as Hayden Christensen in the role of Darth Vader. Other cast members include Joel Edgerton, Bonnie Piesse, Kumail Nanjiani, Indira Varma, Rupert Friend, O’Shea Jackson Jr., Sung Kang, Simone Kessell and Benny Safdie. “Obi-Wan Kenobi” is directed by Deborah Chow and executive-produced by Kathleen Kennedy, Michelle Rejwan, Deborah Chow, Ewan McGregor and Joby Harold
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