Finding Nemo Cupcake-Cake, Part 2

Part 2 of this project was baking the cupcakes and making the icing.  I used a recipe from Billy's Bakery in New York for "Billy's Vanilla Vanilla Cupcakes" that I found on the Food.com website.  The icing that I used was my go-to recipe: Magnolia Bakery's vanilla buttercream.

Both can be made ahead of time and stored in an airtight container until using.  You can even make the cupcakes and freeze them until you need them, if you want to make them more than a few days ahead of time.

Tune in for part 3...assembling and decorating the cupcake cake!