So excited for the upcoming Fall season that I have been baking up a storm and even decorating my house with a ‘Fall Theme”!
So, have you ever watched Peanuts – The Great Pumpkin? I adore Peanuts so much since I was a little girl.. they were always my favorite cartoons to watch.
These were made after that!
They are SOO adorable!
Sure to be a big HIT at any Fall/Halloween party!
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Pumpkin Patch Cupcakes!
Ingredients
Chocolate Cupcake Ingredients:
- 2 C sugar
- 1 3/4 C flour
- 3/4 C cocoa
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp salt
- 2 eggs room temp
- 1 C whole milk room temp
- 1/2 C canola oil
- 2 tsp vanilla
- 1 C boiling water
Vanilla Frosting
- Frosting Ingredients:
- 1 C soft unsalted butter
- 4 + C powder sugar
- 4 TBSP heavy whipping cream
- 1 Tbsp. Vanilla
- Grass Green gel food coloring
Instructions
Chocolate Cupcake Directions:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Line cupcake tins with paper liners.
- Whisk the sugar, flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a mixing bowl.
- Combine the eggs,milk, oil and vanilla in a bowl. Add this to the dry ingredients beating on medium until the batter is smooth.
- Gradually add the boiling water, milk and oil and blend together until the batter is smooth.
- Using a medium scoop fill the paper lined cupcake tins with the prepared batter.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 20-25 minutes until an inserted toothpick comes out clean.
- Allow to slightly cool before transferring to wire racks.
Frosting Directions:
- -Cream the butter, vanilla, and powder sugar until it looks light and creamy.
- -If it doesn't cream add several drops of the heavy whipping cream until it creams.
- -Add several drops of the green gel food coloring. Mix well to blend the colors.
- -Test to see if the frosting can form and hold a stiff peak by taking a spoonful of frosting and turning the spoon upside down. If the frosting stays on the spoon it is ready if not then....
- - Add more powder sugar 1/2 C at a time.... mix well.
- -Test to make sure that the frosting can make and hold a stiff peak.
- -If ready scoop the frosting into a pastry bag with a large star tip.
- -Twist the open end of the pastry bag to push the frosting to the tip.
- -Instead of holding the pastry bag and tip to the side hold it straight up pointing the tip down to the cupcake making the frosting look like grass.
- -Start by frosting on the outside edge of the cupcake working to the center of the cupcake.
- -You can add an candy pumpkin in the center of the grass patch (center of the frosting).
- ENJOY!
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