Spiced-Pumpkin Cupcake with Cinnamon Cream Cheese Icing Center
Instructions:
Step 1
Cream Cheese Filling
In food processor fitted with steel blade or mixer, beat cream cheese and butter until light and fluffy. Beat in remaining ingredients; beat until smooth and creamy.
Step 2
Cupcakes
Preheat oven to 350°F. Place baking cups in muffin pan. Cream butter and sugar until fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Combine pumpkin and buttermilk. Mix flour, pumpkin spice, cinnamon, ginger, baking powder, baking soda and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with pumpkin mixture, mixing thoroughly after each addition. Fill each cavity half full. Place a tablespoon of cream cheese filling on top of batter. Top with remaining batter.
Step 3
Bake 20-25 minutes or until inserted toothpick comes out clean.
Step 4
Makes 24 cupcakes.
Step 5
Spider
Step 6
Background: Tint buttercream icing with Wilton Violet Icing Color and ice cupcake.
Step 7
Body: Place Wilton Tip # 2A in a Wilton Disposable Decorating Bag. Fill decorating bag with buttercream that has been tinted with Wilton Black Icing Color. May use chocolate icing and add black icing color. Using tip #2A make the top and bottom portion of the spider.
Step 8
Arms and legs: Using thin black licorice, place three arms and legs on each side of the body.
Step 9
Eyes: Use white mini jawbreakers for eyes. Place Wilton Tip #2 in the decorating bag filled with black buttercream and pipe two dots on eyes.
Step 10
Nose: Place orange jawbreaker at the bottom of both eyes for the nose.
Step 11
Pumpkin
Step 12
Pumpkin: Ice cupcake orange and place Wilton Tip #12 in a Wilton Disposable Decorating Bag. Fill decorating bag with orange buttercream. From top to bottom of cupcake, pipe one line down each end. On side of the line, pipe one more line on a slight diagonal to form the pumpkin rind, then pipe middle line. You will have a total of 5 lines on the cupcake.
Step 13
Face: Using brown M&M's, place the eyes, nose and mouth in the appropriate places on the cupcake.
Step 14
Stem: Place a green gumdrop at the top of the cupcake for the pumpkin stem.
Step 15
Monster
Step 16
Face: Tint buttercream icing with Wilton Leaf Green Icing Color and ice cupcake.
Step 17
Ears: Place Wilton Tip #6 in Wilton Disposable Decorating Bag and fill with remaining green buttercream. On either side of cupcake, about _ of the way to the top, pipe the ears.
Step 18
Mouth: Fill decorating bag with buttercream icing that has been tinted with Wilton Black Icing Color and color in open part of mouth. Smooth with spatula. Using Wilton Tip #6 and the remainder of the green buttercream, pipe a circle that forms an open mouth.
Step 19
Teeth: Place white tic-tacs all around the open mouth to form teeth.
Step 20
Nose: Place a green M&M above mouth for nose.
Step 21
Eyes: Use two white gumballs for eyes. Attach Wilton Tip #2 to decorating bag filled with black buttercream icing. Pipe black dots in the middle of gumballs and pipe eyebrows using the same tip.
Step 22
Hair: Tint buttercream icing with Wilton Orange Icing Color. Use Wilton Tip #16 in a Wilton Disposable Decorating Bag. Fill bag with orange buttercream. Pipe hair at the top of cupcake.
Step 23
Wolfman
Step 24
Fur: Tint buttercream icing using Wilton Brown Icing Color or use chocolate buttercream icing. Attach Wilton tip #17 to Wilton Disposable Decorating Bag. Fill bag with brown buttercream. Pipe fur on top of cupcake in pullout star motion. Pipe with pull out star tip #17.
Step 25
Eyes: Use two yellow gumballs for eyes. Attach Wilton Tip #2 to decorating bag filled with black buttercream icing. Pipe black dots in the middle of gumballs and pipe eyebrows using Tip #17.
Step 26
Nose: Use brown M & M's.
Step 27
Teeth: Use candy corn for teeth.
Step 28
Witch
Step 29
Face: Tint buttercream icing with Wilton Leaf Green Icing Color and ice cupcake.
Step 30
Nose: Attach Wilton Tip #12 to Wilton Disposable Decorating Bag. Fill bag with green buttercream. Pipe nose in center of cupcake.
Step 31
Eyes and Mouth: Use white gumballs for eyeballs. Attach Wilton Tip #2 to decorating bag filled with black buttercream. Pipe black dot in the middle of eyes. Pipe mouth. Use a tic-tac for tooth.
Step 32
Hair: Tint buttercream with Wilton Orange Icing Color. Attach Wilton Tip #16 on a decorating bag and fill with orange buttercream. Pipe hair on top of cupcake. Put black gumdrop that has been molded to a point on top of hair as a hat.
Step 33
Mummy
Step 34
Ice cupcake with chocolate buttercream. Attach Wilton tip #47 to a Wilton Disposable Decorating Bag and filled with white buttercream. Pipe bandages on cupcake.
Step 35
Eyes: Use green M&Ms for eyes. Attach Wilton Tip #2 to Wilton Disposable Decorating Bag filled with black buttercream. Pipe black dots in the middle of M&Ms.