Ice Age Movie Treat Recipe: Glacial Cupcakes in Jan 2022

My family and I are celebrating Collision Course, the final installment of our favorite prehistoric family movie franchise with a delicious Ice Age movie treat recipe, and we can’t wait to share it with you. We whipped up a batch of cupcakes that pay tribute to the glacial period in which the film takes place. As I’m sure you know, throughout the films, Manny, Diego, Sid and the gang journey to find a safe place to call their home as the earth constantly changes around them.

These fun movie treats are a great way to teach your kids a little bit about that time period. As you’re decorating the cupcakes, talk to your kids about what life was really like for the animals and the earth back then. If you need some help coming up with ideas (or a quick refresher course of your own), DiscoveryEducation has some great free lesson plans. Of course, you don’t have to make this Ice Age movie treat recipe with an educational experience in mind. You can just whip it up as a fun way to bond with your kids over one of their favorite movies! Let’s check it out, shall we?

Ice Age Movie Treat Recipe: Glacial Cupcakes

Affiliate links included below. For the base mix, we used the same basic recipe as our Cherry Vanilla cupcakes. It’s such a versatile recipe!

Cupcake ingredients

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1/2 cup softened butter
2 egg whites at room temperature
2 eggs at room temperature
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp baking soda
3/4 cup buttermilk
1 1/2 cups sugar (or your favorite sweetener)
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 tsp almond extract

Buttercream Ingredients

1/4 cup of unsalted butter, softened
2 cups icing sugar
1 tsp vanilla
2 tbsps milk

Decoration ingredients

Blue food coloring
large marshmallows
spatula

Make this fun Ice Age movie treat recipe:

Watch the video and follow the instructions below:

Cupcakes

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Set up your cupcake pan with liners.
Whisk the flour, baking powder, salt, and baking soda together in a medium bowl.
In a separate large mixing bowl, beat butter with an electric mixer or Kitchenaid on medium to high for 30 seconds.
Add sugar, vanilla, and almond extract to the butter and beat until combined.
Add egg whites and eggs one at a time, beating well after each.
Add the flour mixture and buttermilk, alternating between the two, to butter mixture, beating on low speed until everything is well mixed together
Fill the cupcake pan liners 2/3 with cake batter
Bake for 18-20 minutes.
Remove cupcakes from pan and allow to cool on a wire rack for 30 minutes before frosting

Buttercream

Using an electric mixer, combine all ingredients at medium speed and work your way up to high.

If icing too stiff, add milk one tablespoon at a time. If too watery, add icing sugar 1 tablespoon at a time.

Decorating

Add blue food coloring a couple of drops at a time to your buttercream icing until you reach your desired color.
Using an offset spatula, spread blue icing generously on cupcake top
Top with marshmallow pieces cut into quarters, so they look like glaciers coming out of the water. You can also use mini marshmallows to create the effect.
Sprinkle with crystal blue sprinkles.

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