Kitty Cat Cupcakes Recipe

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On a bake sale table or alone at home, these feline treats won't last nine lives! The cute candy faces will catch attention fast...and the tasty orange-coconut cake from Doris Barb if El Dorado, Kansas will have folks snatching seconds.

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Kitty Cat Cupcakes Recipe

Prep: 30 min. Bake: 15 min. + cooling

Yield: 18 Servings

30 15 45

Ingredients

2/3 cup shortening
1-3/4 cups sugar, divided
4 eggs, separated
2-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
2-1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup orange juice
1 cup flaked coconut
FROSTING:
1-1/4 cups sugar
1/4 cup water
1/4 cup light corn syrup
1/8 teaspoon salt
1 egg white
1/2 cup miniature marshmallows (about 50)
1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Assorted M&M's
1 piece red shoestring licorice, cut into 3/4-inch pieces
Chocolate sprinkles
About 9 vanilla wafers
2 cups flaked coconut, toasted

Directions

Let eggs stand at room temperature for 30 minutes. In a large bowl, cream shortening and 1-1/2 cups sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg yolk until well blended. Combine the flour, baking powder and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with orange juice, beating well after each addition.
In a small bowl and with clean beaters, beat egg whites until soft peaks form. Gradually add the remaining sugar 1 tablespoon at a time on high until stiff peaks form. Gradually fold into batter with coconut.
Fill paper-lined muffin cups two-thirds full. Bake at 350° for 15 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely.
For frosting, in a heavy saucepan, combine the sugar, water, corn syrup, egg white and salt. With a portable mixer, beat on low speed for 1 minute. Continue beating on low over low heat until frosting reaches 160°, about 12-18 minutes. Pour into the bowl of a heavy-duty stand mixer; add marshmallow and vanilla. Beat on high until stiff peaks form, about 5 minutes. Frost cupcakes.
Arrange M&M's for eyes and nose, licorice for mouth and sprinkles for whiskers. For ears, cut wafers into quarters with a serrated knife; place two on each cupcake, rounded side down. Sprinkle with coconut. Refrigerate until serving. Yield: about 1-1/2 dozen.

Nutritional Facts 1 serving (1 each) equals 387 calories, 14 g fat (7 g saturated fat), 47 mg cholesterol, 209 mg sodium, 62 g carbohydrate, 1 g fiber, 4 g protein.

Originally published as Kitty Cat Cupcakes in Country Woman May/June 2001, p30