Our family absolutely loved observing the solar eclipse, which occured on August 21st, 2017. We were fortunate to be able to go to my parents’ place for it, which was in the path of totality. We had a solid two minutes of eclipse, and to say it was amazing would be a gross understatement. What is NOT gross are solar eclipse cupcakes. Be sure to grab the supplies to make your own solar eclipse cupcakes before the next total solar eclipse, which will total solar eclipse will cross North America, passing over Mexico, the United States, and Canada on Monday, April 8, 2024!
Umm, yah! Brilliant, right?
Be sure to pick up your CE and ISO Certified Safe Shades for Direct Sun Viewing solar eclipse glasses FAR in advance. They tend to become more expensive the closer to the eclipse you get because they are harder to find! You want to make sure you and your family are viewing safely.
Ingredients for Solar Eclipse Cupcakes
- 1 box of cake mix (I used Pilsbury Moist Supreme Golden Butter
) - 3 Eggs
- 1/3 Cup of Butter
- 1/3 Cup of Vegetable Oil
- White Icing
- Yellow Food Dye
- Oreos
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Directions for Solar Eclipse Cupcakes
- Mix cake mix, butter and eggs according to the cake mix box.
- Spray cupcake pan with cooking spray if you choose not to use cupcake liners. Otherwise, put down cupcake liners first.
- Pour the cupcake mix into a measuring cup for easy pouring. Pour the cupcake mix into the cupcake pan, making sure not to fill all the way to the top.
- Bake for 18 minutes at 350 degrees.
- Let cupcakes cool.
- Mix the white frosting with yellow food dye until you each your desired yellow cover. The brighter the better!
- Pipe the frosting on top of the cupcake. I used a Wilton 2D tip.
- Place an Oreo on top of the cupcake.
. Otherwise, put down cupcake liners first.
, making sure not to fill all the way to the top.
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until you each your desired yellow cover. The brighter the better!So, seriously, word to the wise… for the last solar eclipse, there was a mad dash on all things yellow in our grocery stores. I literally had to go to three stores to buy lemonade concentrate for a get-together this weekend. LEMONADE CONCENTRATE! If I were you, I would skip the store altogether and just order some yellow buttercream frosting or frosting in a bag and yellow food color. Otherwise, you could end up driving all over town and waiting in multiple long lines.
Pillsbury Creamy Supreme Buttercream Frosting 16 oz
Pillsbury Pastry Bag Frosting, Vanilla, 16 OunceMcCormick Yellow Food Color, 1 fl oz
If your house is anything like my house, these Solar Eclipse Cupcakes will disappear quicker than the eclipse can pass.
Be sure to check out Solar Eclipse Printable Worksheets post for fun printables for the kiddos and get this Solar Eclipse Wordsearch!
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Happy eclipse!
***Originally published in 2017. The next total solar eclipse to visit North America will be April 8, 2024. The duration of totality will be up to 4 minutes and 27 seconds, almost double that of The Great American Eclipse of August 21, 2017.***
