Almond Spider Cakes

• 3/4 cup butter, softened
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/2 (8-ounce) can almond paste (about 1/2 cup)
• 3 large eggs
• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 3/4 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/3 cup milk
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• Prepared black decorating gel

1. Preheat oven to 350u0b0. Place 18 paper liners in muffin cups.
2. Beat butter at medium speed with an electric mixer until creamy. Gradually add sugar and almond paste; beat 3 minutes or until light and fluffy. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition.
3. Combine flour and next 3 ingredients. Gradually add to butter mixture alternately with milk, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Stir in vanilla. Spoon batter evenly into prepared muffin cups.
4. Bake 20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan 5 minutes; remove cupcakes from pan, and cool completely on wire racks.
5. Spread Almond Glaze on tops of cupcakes, working with 2 cupcakes at a time. While icing is still soft, pipe a dot of black gel in center of cupcake. Pipe concentric circles around dot, and drag a toothpick from center to outer edge to resemble a spider web.

butter, sugar, almond paste, eggs, flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, milk, vanilla, black decorating gel

Taken from www.myrecipes.com/recipe/almond-spider-cakes (may not work)