Animal Cupcakes
Recipe from Family Circle

Use 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.


Animal Cupcakes

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Ingredients
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    Cupcakes:
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  • 2-1/4 cups
    all-purpose flour
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  • 2/3 cup
    unsweetened cocoa powder
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  • 1 teaspoon
    salt
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  • 1 teaspoon
    baking soda
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  • 1/2 teaspoon
    baking powder
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  • 1/2 cup
    (1 stick) unsalted butter or margarine, at room temperature
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  • 1 cup
    sugar
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  • 1 teaspoon
    vanilla
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    2 eggs
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  • 2 
    egg whites
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  • 1-1/4 cups
    milk
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    Cupcake Frosting:
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  • 1/2 cup
    (1 stick) unsalted butter or margarine
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  • 6 cups
    sifted confectioners' sugar
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  • 1/4 cup
    milk
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  • 1 teaspoon
    vanilla
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    Pinch of salt
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    Liquid food coloring
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    Assorted candies
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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 information
Per serving: 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
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