Candy Corn Cupcakes

• Vegetarian

• Refrigerated

  • 3 Eggs

• Baking & Spices

  • 1 1/2 cups All-purpose flour
  • 1 tsp Baking powder
  • 1 Gel food coloring, Orange
  • 1 Gel food coloring, Yellow
  • 4 1/2 cups Powdered sugar
  • 1 Pinch Salt
  • 4 1/2 tsp Vanilla
  • 1 cup White sugar

• Dairy

  • 1 cup Butter
  • 8 oz Cream cheese
  • 3/4 cup Heavy whipping cream

• Desserts

  • 24 pieces Candy corn

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Description

Ingredients

• ½ cup Butter, softened
• 1 cup White Sugar
• 1½ tsp Vanilla Extract
• 3 Eggs
• 1½ cups All Purpose Flour
• 1 tsp Baking Powder
• Pinch Salt
• ¾ cup Heavy Whipping Cream
• Orange Gel Food Coloring
• Yellow Gel Food Coloring
• ½ cup Butter, softened
• 8oz Cream Cheese, softened
• 1 TBSP Vanilla Extract
• 4½ cups Powdered Sugar
• 24 pieces Candy Corn

Directions

• • Preheat the oven to 350°. • Line a cupcake pan (12 cups) with white cupcake liners • To make the cupcakes: • In a large mixing bowl using a hand mixer or stand mixer, beat butter and sugar and until creamy. • Mix in vanilla and eggs quickly (do not over mix). • Add flour, baking powder and salt; combine. • Pour in heavy whipping cream; mix. • Portion out ¼ of the batter; mix in yellow food coloring gel. • Add orange food coloring gel to remaining batter still in mixing bowl; mix well. • Place two tablespoons of yellow cake batter in the bottom of each cupcake liner. • Then, top yellow cupcake batter with orange cupcake batter. Fill cupcake liners to ¾ fill. • Bake in preheated 350° oven for 15-18 minutes. • Remove cupcakes from oven and allow to cool. • To make the frosting: • Use a hand or stand mixer to whip the butter until creamy. • Mix in cream cheese and vanilla extract. • Add one cup of powdered sugar at a time mixing each cup in throughly before adding the next cup of powdered sugar. • To frost the cupcakes: • Scoop frosting into a decorating bag with a large open star frosting tip. • Frost your cupcakes by twisting the top of your decorating bag and squeezing in the center. • Start by placing your tip at an angle in the center of your cupcake, squeeze, and work your way to the outside in a circular motion. • Add a second layer of frosting by starting towards the outside of the cupcake and working your way into the center • Add a piece of candy corn to the frosting