Animal Cupcakes
From: Family CircleUse your imagination to decorate these chocolate cupcakes with candies to resemble barnyard animals. For a fun party activity, provide frosted cupcakes and let the kids create their own treats.
Ingredients
Cupcakes:
2-1/4 cups all-purpose flour
2/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter or margarine, at room temperature
1 cup sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 eggs
2 egg whites
1-1/4 cups milk
Cupcake Frosting:
1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter or margarine
6 cups sifted confectioners' sugar
1/4 cup milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
Pinch of salt
Liquid food coloring
Assorted candies
Directions
1. Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Line 24 medium-size muffin-pan cups with paper liners.
2. Mix flour, cocoa, salt, baking soda and baking powder in bowl.
3. Beat butter, sugar and vanilla in large bowl until light and fluffy. Add whole eggs and whites, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Alternately beat in flour mixture with milk, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Spoon scant 1/4 cup batter into each prepared muffin cup.
4. Bake in 350 degrees F oven for 25 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in centers comes out clean. Remove cupcakes to racks to cool.
5. Prepare Cupcake Frosting: Beat 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter or margarine, at room temperature, in medium-size bowl with electric mixer until fluffy. Gradually beat in 6 cups sifted confectioners' sugar alternately with 1/4 cup milk and 1 teaspoon vanilla until smooth and good spreading consistency. Beat in pinch of salt.
6. Frost cupcakes, tinting batches of frosting with food coloring for desired colors. Decorate tops of cupcakes, using candies.
Nutrition Facts
Calories 263, Total Fat 9 g, Saturated Fat 5 g, Cholesterol 41 mg, Sodium 174 mg, Carbohydrate 44 g, Fiber 1 g, Protein 3 g.
Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet
Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet
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