Princess Leia cupcakes
These were part of the Ultimate Star Wars party
The only main female character in the original Star Wars trilogy, Princess Leia made her mark not only by her wits, bravery but also with her fashion choices. Her icon status was sealed with the double hair buns that were steadfastly by her side when she held her ground in battle. Other looks came and went, Hoth braids, Endor chic, but it’s the hair buns that were the most memorable.
Translating the hairdo to dessert was obvious, because who doesn’t look at Oreos and immediatly think “hairstyle?” It’s the ‘do that makes the woman and in this case, it’s the ‘do that makes these Princess Leia cupcakes.
Princess Leia cupcakes
Ingredients:
cupcakes
cream cheese frosting
black icing
heart sprinkles
Oreos
Instructions:
Spread a flat layer of cream cheese frosting on the cupcake.
With a #4 tip and black icing, start one side of the hair first, from the center down. (We are going for a middle part, here.) Add the other side of the hair and then add the eyes.
Place a little heart sprinkle for the lips.
For the hair buns, use icing to stick Oreos to the sides of the cupcake liner. To get rid of the ‘white line’ i.e. creamy center, simply run a thin layer of black frosting down the center of each Oreo.
these are the cutest cupcakes ever! I can’t wait to try making them!
Just how do you make black frosting? What colors do you have to mix togother?
You are a genius!
If you want to save a step, they have oreos with chocolate icing.
Am going to make these for my son’s birthday. Did you have any problem with the oreo cookies sticking???? what kind of icing did you use?
I LOVE THESE!!!!
i need to make them just because.
These cupcakes are AWESOME! Wow! Thanks for sharing.
After a recent Star Wars marathon we had while sick, my daughter informed me that she wants a Star Wars birthday.
I definitely want to try these cupcakes. Thankfully I have until October to figure out what else I’m going to do. :/
These are FABULOUS! My almost 5 year old daughter, who is usually the girly girl, informed me she wants a star wars party. I have been really trying to steer her away from it…until i saw THESE! I’m so excited now! Thank you so much!
wow these are amazing and dont look hard at all cant wait to try and make them!!
Perfect for my 6 year old daughter’s Star Wars birthday party!
Really cool cupcake.
(I traveled 8 ‘Via’ to reach here by the way)
I made these for my son’s Star Wars birthday party along with the Vader and Yoda ones, and wouldn’t you know, ALL the girl’s at the party rushed to get one of the Leia ones. They were so cute, thank you for the idea!
I went for the retro look and gave Leah blue hair. Super cute!
Thank you, these are fab. I made them for a party today.
So cute and clever! I made these for my hubby on his 39th birthday (Christmas Day!!) and he loved them. Thanks for sharing. 🙂
So cute!! Cant wait to try them.
I made these recently and posted the pic – loads of comments from my friends! It took so little time when I used ready made up cakes so almost instant gratification for two Star Wars obsessives! Thanks……..
These are adorable! I love the Oreo buns!
Made these tonight and overall they came out great, but my Oreo “buns” kept falling off a few of the cupcakes. Can’t figure out why, the east seemed to stay fine…
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Oh, just STOP it. I am obsessed with princess Leia (I had hair down to my waist in high school and felt entitled to wear the Leia hairdo!) and with cupcakes and therefore love these.
I am searching hi and dry for princess leia cupcake holders……
My daughter told me she wanted a star wars partie and she is a girly girl I was shocked a bit but thank you for telling me about these I will be shure to make these but I have 2 questions how do you make the Oreos stay on and how do you make the black icing ??
Oh, just STOP it. I am obsessed with princess Leia (I had hair down to my waist in high school and felt entitled to wear the Leia hairdo!) and with cupcakes and therefore love these
These are fantastic! Truly out of this world! My family is a very “Star Wars” friendly home, so these will go over great.
I want to make these so bad i hope they taste good