The Itsy Bitsy Spider Cupcakes
Forget going out to eat or ordering takeout every time you crave American food. Try making The Itsy Bitsy Spider Cupcakes at home. One portion of this dish contains about 2g of protein, 13g of fat, and a total of 405 calories. This recipe serves 12. For $1.09 per serving, this recipe covers 3% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. A couple people really liked this dessert. 57 people were impressed by this recipe. A mixture of sprinkles, salt, vanilla, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so yummy. Halloween will be even more special with this recipe. It is brought to you by Lady Behind the Curtain. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 40 minutes. Overall, this recipe earns a very bad (but still fixable) spoonacular score of 7%. If you like this recipe, take a look at these similar recipes: Itsy Bitsy Spider Cakes, Itsy Bitsy Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe, and Spider Cupcakes.
Servings: 12
Preparation duration: 20 minutes
Cooking duration: 20 minutes
Ingredients:
1-1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 cup butter
black candy melts
4 cups confectioners' sugar
edible eyes
1 egg
2 egg yolks
1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
optional: sprinkles
3/4 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 vanilla bean, split lengthwise and scrape seeds, or 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1/2 cup whipping cream
template (below)
Equipment:
muffin liners
knife
oven
toothpicks
bowl
baking sheet
wax paper
Cooking instruction summary:
Allow butter, egg and egg yolks to stand at room temperature for 30 minutes. Line 12 muffin cups with paper bake cups. If using vanilla bean, us a small sharp knife to scrape the seeds from the vanilla bean; set seeds aside. In a small bow stir together flour, baking powder, and salt.Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Beat butter until creamy. Add sugar and blend until well combined. Add egg, egg yolks, vanilla bean seed (or 1 teaspoon vanilla extract), and the 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract; beat until combined. Alternately add flour mixture and whipping cream to butter mixture.Spoon batter into prepared muffin cups, filling each about three-fourths full.Bake about 20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in centers comes out clean. Cool cupcakes in muffin cups on wire racks for 5 minutes. Remove cupcakes from muffin cups. Cool completely on wire racks.Pipe or spread on frosting, top with sprinkles and spider topper.On Medium high beat butter until creamy. Reduce speed and add the confectioners sugar 1/2 cup at a time, beating well after each addition and scraping down sides of bowl as needed; after every addition raise speed to high and beat 10 seconds to aerate frosting, then return to medium. This process should take about 5 minutes. Frosting will be very pale and fluffy.Add vanilla, and beat until frosting is smooth.Template HERE for the spider.Tape spider template to a cookie sheet and tape wax paper over it.Melt black (or any color) candy melts, put into a squeeze bottle. Trace, starting with the cross lines.Then starting on the left draw the web lines. NOTE: You don't have to use ALL the lines.Draw the line connecting the body to the web.Draw lines for the legs into the body.Fill in the body.Place in freezer to harden.Attach sucker stick on the back with melted candy. Place in freezer to harden. Then attach eyes.
Step by step:
1. Allow butter, egg and egg yolks to stand at room temperature for 30 minutes. Line 12 muffin cups with paper bake cups. If using vanilla bean, us a small sharp knife to scrape the seeds from the vanilla bean; set seeds aside. In a small bow stir together flour, baking powder, and salt.Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Beat butter until creamy.
2. Add sugar and blend until well combined.
3. Add egg, egg yolks, vanilla bean seed (or 1 teaspoon vanilla extract), and the 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract; beat until combined. Alternately add flour mixture and whipping cream to butter mixture.Spoon batter into prepared muffin cups, filling each about three-fourths full.
4. Bake about 20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in centers comes out clean. Cool cupcakes in muffin cups on wire racks for 5 minutes.
5. Remove cupcakes from muffin cups. Cool completely on wire racks.Pipe or spread on frosting, top with sprinkles and spider topper.On Medium high beat butter until creamy. Reduce speed and add the confectioners sugar 1/2 cup at a time, beating well after each addition and scraping down sides of bowl as needed; after every addition raise speed to high and beat 10 seconds to aerate frosting, then return to medium. This process should take about 5 minutes. Frosting will be very pale and fluffy.
6. Add vanilla, and beat until frosting is smooth.Template HERE for the spider.Tape spider template to a cookie sheet and tape wax paper over it.Melt black (or any color) candy melts, put into a squeeze bottle. Trace, starting with the cross lines.Then starting on the left draw the web lines. NOTE: You don't have to use ALL the lines.Draw the line connecting the body to the web.Draw lines for the legs into the body.Fill in the body.
7. Place in freezer to harden.Attach sucker stick on the back with melted candy.
8. Place in freezer to harden. Then attach eyes.
Nutrition Information:
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