Hey guys, it’s Ro! I got some requests to make something from the show
Shimmer and Shine! For those of you who aren’t familiar with the show
Shimmer and Shine, it is an animation series about twin genies in training,
named Shimmer, and Shine! Mmmhmmm!
They grant wishes for their friend Leah which often leads to magical adventures
and they have really cute pets named Nahal and Tala.
Hey you guys! Cupcakes not ready yet, go over there!
Because I love the show, I watched the whole first season, I decided to partner
with Nickelodeon, who supported and collaborated with me on this video,
in celebration of season 2 coming out on June 15th.
Which is, a week away from my birthday! I wanted to make a baked good from the
series and in season 1 Shimmer, Shine and Leah make cupcakes for a bake sale,
when I was watching the episode, it was so cute you guys!
I was like huuuuuhhhhhhhhh! I want to make those cupcakes!
So today, we are going to be making the cupcakes that they made from the bake sale!
Let’s get started!
The things you will need to make these cupcakes will be: 1-1/3 Cup of all purpose
flour, 1/3 cup of water, 1/4 cup of oil, 1-1/3 cup of granulated sugar,
2/3 cup of unsweetened cocoa powder, 2/3 cup of firmly packed light brown sugar,
4 eggs, 1 cup of sour cream, 2 teaspoons of vanilla extract, 1-1/2 teaspoons
of baking soda, 1 teaspoon of baking powder, 1/2 a teaspoon of ground cinnamon,
1/2 a teaspoon of salt, and pink silicone cupcake liners!
Then to decorate, the things you will need will be: Lots of vanilla buttercream
frosting, I’ve put them into piping bags and dyed them pink with a #829 tip at the
end. Purple, yellow, and teal sprinkles, bright pink and lavender fondant,
a fondant rolling pin, small brush, small teardrop cookie cutter and a #6 tip.
The first thing that we’re gonna do in a large mixing bowl is we are gonna whisk together our
dry ingredients. You’re gonna add your flour, cocoa powder, brown sugar,
granulated sugar, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon and salty-salty!
Whisk together until it’s well combined and then we're gonna set it off to the side.
And now we’re gonna mix together our wet ingredients in a smaller mixing bowl,
starting with our eggs. You’re gonna add the full egg into the bowl.
Then you’re gonna add your water, and your vanilla extract.
We’re gonna whisk this together first to make adding the other 2 ingredients
a little bit easier. Once you’ve broken the yolks, now you’re gonna add your oil and
sour cream! Then, whisk together 1 more time until well combined.
We’ve got our dry ingredients mixed together and our wet ingredients and now
we’re gonna combine both of them. You’re gonna pour all of your wet ingredients
into your dry. Then you’re gonna take your hand mixer, I’m using an electric hand
mixer. You can use a whisk and do this by hand, but I’m gonna be using a
hand mixer to make it a little bit easier!
Because I’m not a genie and don’t have magical powers….
Mmmmmm! Our chocolate cupcake batter is all ready, it is almost time to bake.
Now we have to scoop our batter into our little cupcake liners.
Over here I’ve got my cupcake tray, lined with a bunch of these pink silicone
liners. Sometimes I use paper but if I’m using a lighter color I like to use
the ones that are foil lined, or silicone, because these are reusable, and
on the inside, they even have a line that shows you how full you should fill
your cupcake. So, we’re gonna take a little ice cream scoop, which, this
holds about an ounce and a third, and we’re just gonna do a scoop and fill
‘em all up. Our cupcake tray is filled, we’ve got a dozen cupcakes ready to bake.
And this recipe makes twice that. It makes about 24 cupcakes so as soon as
these are done baking I can put in another batch!
Now we’re gonna heat our oven to 325 and bake for about 18 to 20 minutes.
While our cupcakes are baking in the oven, we are gonna make some decorations.
In the episode, the cupcakes that Shimmer, Shine and Leah make are chocolate
cupcakes, with pink frosting, topped with a pink flower!
So over here we are gonna make our pink flowers. I have a piece of parchment paper,
which I’ve taped down onto the work surface, so that the fondant doesn’t stick.
And, I’ve rolled out our pink fondant and our lavender fondant, and now we’re
gonna cut out some petals and make some fondant flowers.
The first thing that you’re gonna do is take your little tear shaped cookie cutter…
Aw, so sad!
And we’re gonna cut out little flower petals, each flower is gonna need 6 petals!
The petals are looking good, now we’re gonna cut out the center of our flower
so they look just like the ones from the episode. I am using a #6 tip, but you
can use any tip that you’d like because we are gonna be using the back end
of the tip, to cut out a whole bunch of little circles.
The shapes are cut out, time to assemble them, I’m gonna show you how
to do it, each flower has 6 petals. So, we’re just gonna start with the first one,
layer the second one, and then the third one. It kind of looks like a little
pinwheel, it will go all the way around.
I’ve layered the petals, I put a little bit of pressure in the middle so that they’ll
all stick together, then we’re gonna take our little baking brush, and a little
bit of water I’ve got here. I’m just gonna place a drip right in the middle.
This is gonna act as an adhesive for our lavender fondant to stick to our pink fondant.
The next part is totally optional, you don’t need to do it, you could just make
a bunch of flowers just like this. And then let them sit out so that they will
harden in this shape. But, I want my flower to look like a blooming flower,
I want them to kind of curve up. So, a really easy trick, when you’re working
with fondant, if you would like it to sit in a certain position, you can use
different objects that you have around your house. I am using these little,
small bowls. I’m gonna flip it upside down, then take my little fondant flower,
and I'm gonna set him right on top, and his little petals will mold to the side of the bowl.
And I’m just gonna let it sit for a few minutes.
Once your cupcakes have baked and completely cooled, now it is time to frost
and decorate! I put them on top of a cookie sheet so that when we’re adding our
sprinkles it will catch all of the extras that don’t stick to the frosting.
And over here, I have our pink vanilla buttercream frosting in a plastic baggie
with a star tip at the end. It kind of looks jagged like shark teeth.
Now we’re gonna frost, I’m gonna be adding 2 swirls on top of the cupcake because
that’s what they look like in the episode, but if you want to have less
frosting, just do 1 big swirl. I'm taking a pinch of my sprinkles right away and
sprinkling them over the top so that they’ll stick to the icing.
Then we’re gonna do this to the rest of our cupcakes!
Final decoration step! We’re gonna add our flower toppers to our cupcakes.
We’re just gonna place it right in the middle, boom!
Now we’re gonna do this to the rest of our cupcakes!
Ta-da!
Here are the cupcakes we made today from Shimmer and Shine, episode: The Sweetest Thing.
I love them because they are adorable, they look just like the ones from the show!
I hope you guys enjoyed this episode! I’ll be taking lots of pictures and posting
them on Facebook, Tumblr, Instagram and Twitter, and if you guys make these cupcakes,
please send me your photos, I love seeing your baking creations!
Aw, it just makes my day!
Also, if you guys want to check out Shimmer and Shine, it will be airing the
second season on Nickelodeon in June, I’m very excited about it!
Thanks again for watching you guys, bye-bye!
You know what you guys, I made these the normal way, but I’m wondering if I can
make them the Shimmer and Shine way!?!
Boom-Zahramay!
Huh! It worked!
Yum-yum-yum-yum-yum-yum-yum-yum!
Hawgh! Om-nom-nom!