Who doesn’t love a monster? After my kids watched the movie ‘Monsters, Inc’ they wanted me to make them monster cupcakes and I obliged…and now we make them every year, especially during Halloween.
Ingredients
Cream Cheese Frosting
- 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
- ¼ cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup confectioners' sugar, sifted
- 2 drops green food coloring
- 24 candy eyeballs
Chocolate Cupcakes
- ½ cup milk
- 1 tablespoon white vinegar
- ½ cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 10 tablespoons white sugar
- 2 teaspoons vanilla sugar
- 2 large eggs
- ¾ cup all-purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
- ½ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon baking soda
- 1 pinch salt
Directions
Step 1
Combine milk and vinegar in a bowl. Let stand until milk curdles, about 5 minutes.
Step 2
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 12-cup muffin tin or line cups with paper liners.
Step 3
Combine 1/2 cup butter, white sugar, and vanilla sugar in a large bowl; beat with an electric mixer until smooth and creamy. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
Step 4
Mix 3/4 cup plus 1 tablespoon flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a bowl. Alternate adding flour mixture and curdled milk to the creamed butter mixture, mixing until batter is well blended. Spoon batter into the prepared muffin cups, filling each 3/4 full.
Step 5
Bake in the preheated oven until tops spring back when lightly pressed and a toothpick inserted in the center of 1 cupcake comes back clean, about 14 minutes. Cool in the muffin tin for a few minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely, about 1 hour.
Step 6
Combine cream cheese and 1/4 cup butter in a bowl; beat with an electric mixer until well combined. Mix in vanilla extract. Stir in confectioners' sugar gradually. Color frosting green with a few drops of food coloring.
Step 7
Place green frosting in a pastry bag fitted with a grass tip. Hold the pastry bag at a 90-degree angle 1/8 inch above the surface of a cupcake. Squeeze bag to form green 'fur' by pulling tip up and away when the icing strand is about 1/2 inch high. Repeat to cover cupcake evenly with fur. Add 2 eyes to each cupcake.
Nutrition Facts (per serving)
Nutrition Facts | |
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Servings Per Recipe 12 | |
Calories 316 | |
% Daily Value * | |
Total Fat20g | 26% |
Saturated Fat12g | 61% |
Cholesterol83mg | 28% |
Sodium133mg | 6% |
Total Carbohydrate32g | 12% |
Dietary Fiber1g | 5% |
Total Sugars21g | |
Protein5g | |
Calcium52mg | 4% |
Iron1mg | 7% |
Potassium123mg | 3% |
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
**Nutrient information is not available for all ingredients. Amount is based on available nutrient data.
(-) Information is not currently available for this nutrient.If you are following a medically restrictive diet, please consult your doctor or registered dietitian before preparing this recipe for personal consumption.
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