Little Monster Cupcakes

Name: Little Monster Cupcakes
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon baking powder; 710 milliliters confectioners sugar; 3 eggs; 355 milliliters flour; 12 servings assorted food coloring; 1 tube assorted icing in various colors; 12 servings assorted candy, such as licorice string, mini and regular M&Ms, mini marshmallows, jellybeans and gummy candies; 177 milliliters milk; 1 teaspoons salt; 1 dash salt; 118 milliliters shortening; 237 milliliters sugar; 113 grams stick unsalted butter; 113 grams stick unsalted butter; 1 teaspoons vanilla extract; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

You can never have too many dessert recipes, so give Little Monster Cupcakes a try. This recipe serves 12. One serving contains 627 calories, 5g of protein, and 33g of fat. This recipe covers 6% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. It is a very reasonably priced recipe for fans of American food. It can be enjoyed any time, but it is especially good for Halloween. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 45 minutes. Head to the store and pick up vanillan extract, butter, eggs, and a few other things to make it today.

Instructions

Make cupcakes: Preheat oven to 350F. Line a 12-cup muffin tin (or mini-cupcake tin) with cupcake liners. In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder and salt; set aside. Using an electric mixer, cream butter and sugar together until light and fluffy.

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Baking Powder

Cupcakes

Butter

Cream

All Purpose Flour

Sugar

Salt

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Muffin Liners

Hand Mixer

Muffin Tray

Whisk

Bowl

Oven

Add eggs and vanilla and beat well.

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Vanilla

Egg

Add dry ingredients alternately with milk, scraping down sides of bowl after each addition.

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Milk

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Bowl

Fill each muffin cup about twothirds full.

Bake until tops are springy to touch, 20 to 25 minutes (about 10 minutes for mini cupcakes). Cool in tin on wire rack. (Cupcakes can be made to this point and kept, in an airtight container, for 1 day.)

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Cupcakes

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Wire Rack

Oven

Make frosting: Using an electric mixer, beat together butter and shortening for about 2 minutes. Slowly beat in confectioners' sugar a little bit at a time. Beat in vanilla and salt, and continue beating for another minute until wellcombined. (Frosting can be made up to 1 week ahead; refrigerate in an airtight container and beat again before using.)

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Powdered Sugar

Shortening

Frosting

Vanilla

Butter

Salt

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Hand Mixer

Divide frosting among separate containers for each color you wish to use, and add food coloring; leave some uncolored if desired. Frost cupcakes with an icing spatula.

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Food Color