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Barnyard Cupcakes Recipe

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“My friend Kathy grew up on a farm, so I thought a ‘Farmer in the Dell‘ theme would be perfect for her baby shower,“ writes field editor Colleen Palmer of Epping, New Hampshire. Colleen’s colorful pig and chick cupcakes are adorable perched next to this bright red cupcake barn. And don’t forget the sun!

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Barnyard Cupcakes Recipe

Prep: 1 hour 20 min. Bake: 55 min. + cooling

Yield: 36-39 Servings

80 55 135

Ingredients

1 package butter recipe golden cake mix (regular size)
1 package devil's food cake mix (regular size)
4 cans (16 ounces each) vanilla frosting
Red, blue, pink and yellow paste food coloring
Miniature semisweet chocolate chips
Black and red decorating gel
M&M's miniature baking bits
Assorted candies (pink mint candy lozenges, Good & Plenty candies and Brach's white dessert mints)
Candy corn

Directions

Prepare golden cake batter according to package directions. Pour into a greased and waxed paper-lined 13-in. x 9-in. baking pan. Bake at 350° for 33-38 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool for 15 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack.
Prepare devil's food cake batter according to package directions. Fill 24 paper-lined muffin cups two-thirds full. Bake at 350° for 21-26 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks.
Tint 1 cup frosting red. Frost two-thirds of the cake, forming a barn shape; spread frosting on sides of barn. For sky, tint 2/3 cup frosting blue; frost remaining top and sides of cake.
Outline barn roof with chocolate chips. Insert #6 round tip into a pastry bag; fill bag with 1/4 cup white frosting. Outline barn doors and a window. With black decorating gel and an M&M baking bit, add a spiderweb and spider.
For pigs, tint 1 cup frosting pink; frost 12 cupcakes. Attach baking bits for eyes, pink candy lozenges for snouts, chocolate chips for nostrils and Good & Plenty candies for ears.
For chicks, tint 2 cups frosting yellow; transfer to a pastry bag. Insert #17 star tip; pipe frosting onto 11 cupcakes. Pipe heads and wings. Decorate with dessert mints, baking bits and candy corn.
For sun, frost remaining cupcake with yellow frosting. Position candy corn around edges. Form a face with chocolate chips and red decorating gel. Yield: 1 cake (12-15 servings) plus 2 dozen cupcakes.

Editor's Note: Use of a coupler ring will allow you to easily change pastry tips for different designs.

Originally published as Barnyard Cupcakes in Taste of Home April/May 2007, p44

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Reviewed on Aug. 25, 2010 by amj_baker

I just made this cake for my son's first birthday. I made a few slight changes and added cows and sheep. Everyone loved them.

Reviewed on Feb. 01, 2010 by krystaljoy

so cute. I made them for my son's 2ed birthday. I also made cows since grandpa's a dairy farmer. fun to make

Reviewed on Mar. 22, 2009 by tkdes

I made this for my son's first birthday party. It turned out great. Making the cake and cupcakes was a bit tedious, and I did improvise a little on the animals, but with a little imagination, everyone was pleased with the end result! I was grateful for the idea!

Reviewed on Feb. 19, 2008 by ChildOfThe80z

This has got to be the cutest cake in the universe! Thank you so much!