Ingredients
YIELDS: 241 box Devil's food cake mix, plus ingredients called for on box
1 1/2 c. butter, softened
6 c. powdered sugar
2 tsp. pure vanilla extract
1/4 c. heavy cream
pinch of kosher salt
Orange and yellow food coloring
Pretzel sticks, for decoration
48 mini marshmallows
24 toothpicks, for decoration
Directions
PREP TIME: 0:20
TOTAL TIME: 0:40* Preheat oven to 350° and line two cupcake pans with cupcake lines.
* Prepare cake batter according to package instructions and divide between cupcake pans. Bake until a toothpick inserted into the middle of a cupcake comes out clean, about 20 minutes. Let cupcakes cool completely.
* In a large bowl using a hand mixer or the bowl of a stand mixer using the paddle attachment, beat butter until fluffy. Add powdered sugar and beat until combined, then add vanilla, heavy cream, and salt and beat until combined.
* Divide buttercream between two bowls and dye one bowl of buttercream orange and the other yellow.
* Alternating between orange and yellow, fill a large piping bag fitted with a large star tip. Pipe swirled buttercream onto each cupcake.
* To decorate, arrange pretzel sticks, standing up, around the buttercream to look like sticks in a bonfire. Skewer two mini marshmallows onto each toothpick and stick a toothpick into each cupcake. Serve immediately.