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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!