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Bewitching Cupcakes Ingredients
Method Preheat oven to 350°F. Line 15 (2 2/2 inch) muffin pan cups with paper liners. Combine cocoa powder and boiling water in saucepan; set aside. Combine flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt in small bowl. Beat together butter and sugars in large mixing bowl. Beat in eggs and vanilla. Alternately add flour and cocoa mixtures, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Fill cupcake liners 2/3 full and bake 20 to 25 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool completely on rack before frosting. Frosting Beat together 2 1/2 cups confectioners sugar. 2 tablespoons softened butter, 1 teaspoon grated orange rind, 2 tablespoons orange juice and 1/2 teaspoon vanilla until smooth. Color with food coloring if desired. Spread smoothly over cooled cupcakes and decorate. Decorations To make decorations. Dip pointed ends of ice cream cones into melted chocolate morsels, so chocolate comes half way up sides. Stand on waxed paper to cool. When chocolate is hard break off uncoated portion of cone. Dip broken bottom of cone in melted chocolate; stick to wafer cookie to make hat; set aside to harden. Halve gumdrops for eyes; cut into thirds for mouth. Attach hat, gumdrops for face and licorice for hair to tops of cupcakes. |
