Kickoff Cupcakes
Serves: 3
Halle Leffler
1 January 1970
Based on User reviews:
52
Spice
52
Sweetness
46
Sourness
43
mins
Prep time (avg)
5.1
Difficulty
Ingredients:
2.25 cups
All-Purpose Flour8 cups
Sugar (confectioners')1.5 tsps
Baking Powder1 tsp
Baking Soda1 tsp
Salt (fine)3 cup
Unsweetened Cocoa Powder3 cup
Vegetable Oil2 large
Egg (lightly beaten)1 tbsp
White Vinegar2 tsps
Vanilla Extract2 tsps
Instant Coffee2 tsps
MilkDirections:
1
Special equipment: an ice cream scoop and a small offset spatula For the cupcakes: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F
2
Line two 12-cup muffin tins with silver foil liners
3
Whisk together the flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a large bowl
4
In another bowl, whisk together the oil, eggs, vinegar, vanilla, coffee and 1 cup water until well blended
5
Pour the egg mixture into the flour mixture and stir until just incorporated
6
Using an ice cream scoop, divide the batter evenly between the prepared muffin cups, filling each cup halfway
7
Bake until a wooden pick inserted into the center of a cupcake comes out clean, 18 to 20 minutes
8
Cool the cupcakes in the pans 5 minutes
9
Remove from the pans and cool completely on a wire cooling rack
10
For the frosting: Put the butter and confectioners' sugar in a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment
11
Beat until well combined and smooth
12
Add a little milk, about 1/4 teaspoon at a time, and beat well after each addition until the frosting reaches a nice spreadable consistency
13
Divide the frosting among 4 bowls
14
Mix into each the green, brown, yellow or orange food coloring, drop by drop, until you achieve the colors desired
15
Decorate the Cupcakes: Using a small offset spatula, spread the brown and orange frosting over 12 of the cupcakes so that each top is half brown and half orange
16
Repeat with the 12 remaining cupcakes using the yellow and green frosting
17
Use the white gel icing to draw a line down the center of each cupcake top, dividing the colors
18
Then make 3 cross hatch marks across the white line on each to resemble football stitching