Candy Corn Cupcakes

By on September 28th, 2010 . Filed under: Blogs, Cupcake Ideas, Decorating, Halloween, Holidays .

My sister has always loved candy corns; so much so that my mom even made her a candy corn costume one year for Halloween.  When I saw these cupcakes I immediately thought of my sister and I think I’ll have to make them for her this year! The Curvy Carrot created these candy corn frosted cupcakes which are great because they are so simple yet festive!

Candy Corn Cupcakes

Servings: 24 cupcakes

Ingredients:

For the cake:

1 cup whole milk, room temperature

6 large egg whites, room temperature

2 teaspoons almond extract

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

2 and 1/4 cups cake flour

1 and 3/4 cups sugar

4 teaspoons baking powder

1 teaspoon salt

12 tablespoons (1 and 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter, cut into 12 pieces and softened

For the frosting:

3 sticks unsalted butter, cut into chunks and softened

3 tablespoons heavy cream

2 and 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract

1/4 teaspoon salt

3 cups confectioners’ sugar

Instructions:

1. For the cupcakes: Adjust oven racks to the upper-middle and lower-middle positions and heat the oven to 350 degrees.

2. Line two 12-cup muffin tins with cupcake liners.

3. Whisk the milk, egg whites, and extracts together in a small bowl.

4. In a large bowl, whisk the flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt together.

5. Using an electric mixer on medium-low speed, beat the butter, one piece at a time, into the flour mixture, about 30 seconds.  Continue to beat the mixture until it resembles moist crumbs, 1 to 3 minutes.

6. Beat in all but 1/2 cup of the milk mixture, then increase the mixer speed to medium and beat the batter until smooth, light, and fluffy, 1 to 3 minutes.  Reduce the mixer speed to low and slowly beat in the remaining 1/2 cup of the milk mixture until the batter looks slightly curdled, about 15 seconds.

7. Use a greased 1/4 cup measuring cup to pour the batter evenly into the cupcake liners.

8.  Bake the cupcakes, switching and rotating the pans halfway through baking, for a total of 15-20 minutes.  (Mine took about 20 minutes total).

9.  Let the cupcakes cool in the tins for 10 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.

10. For the frosting: Beat the butter, cream, vanilla, and salt together in a large bowl with an electric mixer on medium-high speed until smooth, 1 to 2 minutes.

11. Reduce the mixer speed to medium-low and slowly add the confectioners’ sugar, and beat until incorporated and smooth, 4 to 6 minutes.  Increase the mixer speed to medium-high and beat until the frosting is light and fluffy, 5 to 10 minutes.

12.  Divide the frosting into three bowls and tint each with desired food coloring tint.

13.  Using your pastry bag and desired tip, pipe the frosting in a cone-shape on the cupcakes…and voila!

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7 Responses to Candy Corn Cupcakes

  1. kell

    love how simple this is – no fondant, no sprinkles and toppings, just colored frosting fun

  2. Gay Riggan

    Love this idea for cupcakes for Halloween. Cute as they can be!

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