Halloween Swirl Frosted Cupcakes
Author: Vanessa Diaz
Recipe type: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Serves: 24
- 1 box chocolate cake mix
- Ingredients as listed on the back of the cake mix box
- Muffin pan
- cupcake liners
- 3 C unsalted sweet cream butter, softened
- 6 C powdered sugar
- 5-7 tbsp. heavy whipping cream
- 2 tsp. vanilla extract
- 3-5 drops of black gel food coloring
- 2-4 drops of orange gel food coloring
- 1 disposable piping bag with medium star tip
- 1 medium ice cream scooper
- 3 C of the halloween sprinkles
- Preheat oven as per directions on the box,
- Put the liners in the muffin pan. Set aside.
- Following the directions add ingredients.
- Mix all ingredients as instructed.
- Fill cupcake liners ⅔ full.
- Put in the oven and bake for 22 minutes.
- Check for doneness. ( Insert a toothpick into the center of a cupcake, it should come out clean.)
- If they are not done, check again every three minutes until they are done.
- Remove from the oven and allow to cool.Transfer to a cooling rack and allow to cool completely before frosting.
- Using a standing mixer combine the butter, powdered sugar, heavy
- whipping cream, vanilla, and mix on medium speed until combined and smooth
- Set aside ½ C of frosting in 1 bowl and mix until combined a few drops of the orange gel food coloring
- Set aside another ½ C of frosting in the 2nd bowl and leave this one white
- Scoop the orange frosting onto one side of the piping bag
- Scoop the white frosting onto the second side of the piping bag and set aside
- Beat in the black gel food coloring into the remaining frosting
- Using the black frosting, scoop a small amount into the ice cream
- scooper and place onto the top of the cupcake and spread slightly into a thick disk
- Pour the Halloween sprinkles into a deep bowl
- Dip the top of the cupcake frosting into the sprinkles
- Using the piping bag, pipe the orange and white frosting onto the top
- of the sprinkles
Recipe by Brite and Bubbly at https://briteandbubbly.com/halloween-swirl-frosted-cupcakes/
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