Celebrate Thanksgiving ~ Fun Turkey Cupcake #Recipe

It’s November – HOW did this happen?  Where did the rest of 2015 go to?  Despite the fact that we might be in denial – Thanksgiving will be here before we know it and that means you need to get ready for the Thanksgiving gatherings with family and friends.  I am excited to share this super fun recipe with you and I am sure will be a favorite at any gathering you attend or host.

Celebrate Thanksgiving with these Turkey Cupcakes!!

Cupcake Ingredients: 

• 1 1/2 C  flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1/8 tsp baking soda
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1 C sugar
• 1/2 C unsalted butter, room temp
• 1 large egg, room temp
• 2 large egg whites, room temp
• 1/2 tsp vanilla
• 1/3 C buttermilk

Frosting Ingredients:

• 1 C unsalted butter, softened
• 3/4 C cocoa powder
• 3 C powder sugar
• 3/4 C heavy cream

Turkey Decorations Ingredients:

• Wilton Turkey Cookie Decorating Kit 

Cupcake Directions: 

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line cupcake pan with paper liners.
• Stir flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a medium bowl. Sit aside.
• In an electric stand mixer whip the butter and sugar until pale and fluffy in the mixing bowl.
• Add in an egg, then the egg whites one at a time.  Add the vanilla with the second egg white.
• Measure out the buttermilk.
• Mix 1/3 of the flour mixture alternating with 1/2 of the buttermilk. Mix after each addition only until just combined.
• With all ingredients  blended spoon the batter into the paper lined cupcake pan until each tin is 3/4’s filled.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 20-25 minutes or until an inserted toothpick comes out clean.
• Allow cupcakes to cool in cupcake pan for 10 minutes.
• Remove cupcakes from pan and place each on a wire rack until cooled.

Frosting Directions: 

• Beat the softened butter on its own until smooth.
• Add cocoa and powder sugar alternately with heavy cream  into the creamed butter until it becomes a smooth and thick texture.
• If the frosting is too thick, add more heavy cream, if too thin, add more powder sugar.
• Scoop frosting into a large pastry bag with a frosting tip.
• Twist the open end of the pastry bag to push frosting to the tip.
• Frost cupcakes.

Turkey Decorations Directions:

• Using the Turkey candy cupcake product found at Walmart, Michael’s, Target or Hobby Lobby
• Place the eyes in the front of the cupcake facing you above the 1/2 way point in the frosting in front 
• Now place 2 yellow pieces in front below the eyes for the gobble spread them apart like the picture shows 
• Begin to create the feathers. There is no color order that is right or wrong. Be creative. 
• I started with the back row first and then row two and finishing with the row closest to the eyes. 

 

 

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