Circus Cupcakes – Fun Circus Theme Birthday Party Cupcakes

These Circus Cupcakes are a must for your next birthday party or family movie night. Not only are they adorable and festive, but the clown hats on top really take them to the next level.

If you’re looking for decorative cupcakes that pack on the flavor, you’re going to love every single bite of these delicious homemade clown cupcakes.

Clown Cupcakes

Circus Cupcakes

Everyone loves a good circus. And what is better than bringing that fun and brightness of a circus right into your very own home?

These cupcakes can be whipped up in no time at all making them a super simple treat. Next time you’re wanting to have a fun cupcake to share with your family, these are the ones for you.

How to Make Circus Themed Cupcakes

Some of the ingredients you will need to make these Circus Cupcakes is in this picture below. However, I have the full ingredients and recipe to print out towards the bottom of the page.

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Birthday Party Food Ideas

This recipe only calls for a few ingredients and if you use a box cake mix it makes it very easy to whip these cute clown hat cupcakes up and have them ready for a birthday party.

• 12 vanilla cupcakes (we used a box cake mix!)
• ½ stick butter softened
• 1 cup confectioners’ sugar
• 1-2 tbsp milk
• 6-8 oz. green fondant
• 4-6 oz. yellow fondant
• 1-2 oz. light purple fondant
• 1-2 oz. baby blue fondant
• 1 circular cookie cutter, about 2 ½ inches in diameter
• Wilton icing tip #12
• Wilton icing tip #101
• 24 toothpicks

Before decorating, ensure that the cupcakes are cooled down completely.

The butter, confectioners’ sugar, and milk are the ingredients that make up the buttercream. Place all three in a large bowl and beat using an electric mixer.

Be sure to start the speed on low and increase to high.

Once the ingredients are well-combined and form semi-stiff peaks, the buttercream is complete.

Using an offset spatula, frost each cupcake with a thin layer of buttercream.

Roll out the green fondant so that it’s about ¼ of an inch thick.

Use the circular cookie cutter to cut out 12 green fondant circles.

Cover each cupcake with one fondant circle.

Divide the yellow fondant into 12 one-inch spheres. Shape each one into a cone.

Roll out the light purple fondant and the blue fondant so that they’re each about ¼ of an inch thick.

Using the tip of Wilton #12, cut out 12 small circles of blue and purple fondant.

Stick one of each color on the yellow fondant cones.

Insert a toothpick into the center of each cupcake and then insert the yellow cone.

Insert another toothpick into each cone, having a small portion of the toothpick poke through the top.

Roll out 6 spheres of purple fondant and 6 spheres blue fondant – about ½ an inch in size each.

Insert one sphere on top of each cone (the tip of the toothpick will help keep it secure).

Scoop the remaining buttercream into a small piping bag with Wilton tip #101 attached.

Using a back and forth motion, frost the circumference of the bottom of each fondant cone.

BEST Circus Recipes

Once you make these clown hat cupcakes your kids will love these circus food ideas too.

• Dumbo Cupcakes
• Circus Ticket Cupcakes

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Serve these adorable clown cupcakes for your next Circus themed birthday party or baby shower and enjoy!

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