Ingredients
3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks/6 oz./170g) butter
1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
3 eggs
3/4 cup milk
1 tsp. almond extract
2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
2 1/2 tsp. baking powder
3/4 tsp. salt
For the Frosting:
Orange food coloring paste or yellow and red liquid food coloring
2/3 cup water
12 cups confectioners' sugar
1 1/4 cups solid vegetable shortening
3/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon almond extract
1/2 teaspoon clear vanilla extract
1/4 teaspoon butter flavoring
You will need:
Cupcake or muffin liners
Muffin pan (s)
Electric mixer
Directions
For the Cupcakes:
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F/190 degrees C. Place cupcake liners in cups of muffin pan (s).
Place all cupcake ingredients in bowl of electric mixer. Mix on low speed until thoroughly combined, scraping bowl frequently. Increase speed to medium and beat for four minutes. Pour into muffin cups. Bake in prehated oven for 25-30 minutes (Do not overbake). Cool cupcakes in pan on wire rack for 10 minutes, then remove cupcakes from pan and let cool completely on wire cooling rack.
For the Frosting: Mix 4 cups of the confectioners' sugar with water, one cup at a time, beating after each addition at low speed. Alternately add shortening and remainder of sugar. Add salt and extracts and butter flavoring; beat at low speed until smooth (To avoid confectioners' sugar from going all over, cover your bowl with a towel while mixing). Mix in orange color paste or 2 drops of yellow and 1 drop of red food coloring and mix.
Fill a pastry bag with frosting and using a large star tip, pipe frosting onto each cupcake. If desired, top each cupcake with decorative candy or sprinkles for decoration.
Those cupcakes are creative and they look yummy! Happy Halloween!
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Just what I need, more sugar for Halloween!
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ReplyDeletethey look delicous... too bad I discovered them a little bit too late for Halloween... well maybe next year ;)
ReplyDeleteI want eat it ;P
ReplyDeleteWish I would have found this earlier, the dessert I made for Halloween was not half as cool as this!
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ReplyDeleteOM NOM NOM!
ReplyDeleteI can't eat these now on my diet ;_;
ima be creative and make them all have different faces llololol
ReplyDeleteMine didn't turn out as pleasant-looking as those but they tasted great!
ReplyDeletelooks tasty!
ReplyDeleteDammit wish I hadn't missed these for yesterday
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ReplyDeletethis is cool :)
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ReplyDeleteFound them one day too late. :(
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ReplyDeletewaiting for the next one!!
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ReplyDeleteI need some!
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ReplyDeletejust to let you know, I tried this, and they were tasty
ReplyDeleteI saw something like this at Albertsons yesterday for half off
ReplyDeletelooks very delicious ;)
ReplyDeletesorry for not getting back to your blog man... been kinda lazy lately! lol
ReplyDeletereally missed the recipe! will update my recipe book soon.
I also saw Halloween stuff half off
ReplyDeletethese are tasty!
ReplyDeleteiam hungry now:)
ReplyDeleteI could use a snack right now
ReplyDeletethis is great!
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ReplyDeleteLooks Tasty as usual!
ReplyDeleteDawww, they look so cute I almost couldn't stand to eat them....
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awesome looking cakes
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Wow! Cool!
ReplyDeleteThat looks good, I want some.
ReplyDeletethose are so cute! I just got a book called the encyclopedia of gastronomy yesterday, which has been a lot of fun to read, but makes me hungry, like these cupcakes.
ReplyDeletelooking delicious!
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