Halloween Spider Web Cupcakes
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 1/4 cup Land O Lakes Butter, softened
- 2 Land O Lakes Eggs
- 1 cup sour cream
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 3 cups powdered sugar
- 1/4 cup Land O Lakes Butter, softened
- 3 to 4 tablespoons milk
- 1 cup real semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 4 teaspoons shortening
- Heat oven to 350F.
- Place paper baking cups into 24 muffin pan cups; set aside.
- Combine sugar and 1/4 cup butter in bowl.
- Beat at medium speed, scraping bowl often, until well mixed.
- Add eggs; continue beating until creamy.
- Add sour cream, milk and vanilla.
- Continue beating until well mixed.
- Add all remaining cupcake ingredients; beat at low speed until well mixed.
- Fill prepared muffin cups with about 2 tablespoons batter.
- Bake 20-25 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
- Cool completely.
- Combine powdered sugar and 1/4 cup butter in bowl.
- Beat at low speed, scraping bowl often and gradually adding enough milk for desired spreading consistency.
- Melt chocolate chips and shortening in 1-quart saucepan over low heat, stirring occasionally, 3-4 minutes or until smooth.
- Place melted chocolate in small heavy-duty resealable plastic food bag; snip tip from one corner to make very small hole.
- Frost 6 cupcakes, using about 1 tablespoon frosting for each cupcake.
- Immediately pipe 3 concentric circles of melted chocolate onto each frosted cupcake.
- Starting at center, draw toothpick 5 or 6 times through chocolate circles to outside edge of frosting to make spider web design.
- Repeat with remaining cupcakes and frosting.
- Let stand until chocolate is firm.
sugar, butter, eggs, sour cream, milk, vanilla, flour, unsweetened cocoa, baking powder, baking soda, salt, powdered sugar, butter, milk, semisweet chocolate chips, shortening
Taken from www.landolakes.com/recipe/163/halloween-spider-web-cupcakes (may not work)