Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Candy Corn Cupcakes


Halloween is only a few weeks away.  I bought all the Fall Hershey Kisses at Target last week and I was looking for a good recipe to use them in.  I saw these cupcakes over at Our Best Bites and decided it was the perfect way to use the candy corn kisses!  The cupcakes are super cute, but they are also really tasty.  I like to bake cakes from scratch, but everyone needs a good doctored up cake mix recipe in their arsenal.  I made the frosting from scratch, so that should count for something.



Candy Corn Cupcakes
ourbestbites.com
(Printable Recipe)

1 18.25-oz. white cake mix
1 c. sour cream
1/2 c. vegetable oil
3 large eggs
1 tsp. almond extract
Yellow and orange Wilton food gel (about a heaping 1/2 tsp. of each)
Frosting

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line 2 12-cup muffin tins with white paper liners. Combine all ingredients except for food coloring in a large bowl and beat on low speed for 1 minute. Scrape down the sides of the bowl and then beat on medium for 2 additional minutes.

Divide batter equally into two bowls; you should have about 2 1/4-2 1/2 c. of batter in each bowl. Mix about 1/2 heaping tsp. of yellow coloring into one bowl of batter and 1/2 heaping tsp. of orange coloring into the other bowl.

Divide the yellow batter evenly among the muffin tins. I used a standard cookie scoop, which measures about 1 Tbsp. Bake for 20-22 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center of a cupcake comes out clean. Remove from oven and allow to cool for about 5 minutes in the pan and then allow to cool completely on a cooling rack. When ready, frost the cupcakes and garnish with a candy corn.


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16 comments:

briarrose said...

Adorable!

Cathy said...

Those look yummy. I love adding sour cream to a cake mix. Makes it nice and moist. I always make my cupcakes with a little something extra inside too. You should give it a try. Check out this recipe. http://www.bluecricketdesign.net/2010/05/cupcakes-by-through-grins-and-giggles.html

aferna said...

What happened to the orange batter?

Lisa said...

I love that bright orange color of the cupcakes. This is such a cute and tasty idea for Halloween.

The Japanese Redneck said...

Very festive!

Sarah said...

I love this idea! I haven't seen those candy corn kisses..I will have to find some & give your cupcakes a try. We are always up for new cupcakes here!

Kelly in Bham said...

Jacob said he'll give you $5 for a dozen of these!

Mags @ the Other Side of 50 said...

Now those are just too cute!

Chris said...

I'm sorry, I don't think I read anything after "candy corn kisses". I'm enthralled and ready to head to the store. I haven't seen these but candy corn is one of my favorites and as a Hershey kiss? Twisted.

Great looking cupcakes, Steph!

Mary at Deep South Dish said...

Those are adorable!!

Reeni said...

Your cupcakes are so cute! And your frosting looks insanely good!

Sue said...

Your cupcakes are so festive and cute! The frosting looks so delicious, especially in the sliced side shot:) YUM!

Holly S. said...

I'm wondering about what happened to the orange batter also?

steph said...

I just used more yellow batter than orange batter in this cupcake. The orange is just on top and the sides.

Juawice said...

Do you put the orange batter on top of the yellow prior to cooking?? What proportion? Maybe two to one--two parts yellow and one part orange? How do you keep it from sinking to the bottom?

AnickH said...

Your not understanding what everyone is asking. they all asked you "what happened to the orange batter??" and i think that you think they're referring to your pictures. however, you fail to mention what to do with the orange batter in your instructions. You say to "Divide the yellow batter evenly among the muffin tins." but then you don't ever say what to do with the orange batter. do you just throw it away?? do you put it over the yellow batter after 10 min of baking the the yellow 1st? or before baking??? see my point!!

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