Wicked Witch Cupcakes Recipe

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More fun than frightening, these whimsical witch cupcakes cast their spell on every sweet tooth. —Joan Antonen, Arlington, South Dakota

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Wicked Witch Cupcakes Recipe

Prep: 1-1/4 hours Bake: 20 min. + cooling

Yield: 12 Servings

75 20 95

Ingredients

1/2 cup butter, softened
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup baking cocoa
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1-1/4 cups milk
1 can (16 ounces) vanilla frosting
Green food coloring
WITCH HATS:
1 can (16 ounces) vanilla frosting
2 teaspoons milk
Assorted food coloring of your choice
12 to 16 ice cream sugar cones
Fruit Roll-Ups, licorice and assorted candies of your choice

Directions

In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Combine the flour, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with milk. Beat just until combined.
Fill paper- or foil-lined muffin cups two-thirds full. Bake at 350° for 18-22 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack to cool completely.
Tint frosting green; frost cupcakes. For hats, combine frosting and milk; tint with food coloring. Frost ice cream cones. Using small cookie cutters, cut out shapes from Fruit Roll-Ups; arrange on hats. Add licorice for hair and candies for faces. Place a hat on each witch. Yield: about 1 dozen.

Editor's Note: Chocolate frosting and jimmies may also be used to decorate witch hats.

Originally published as Wicked Witch Cupcakes in Taste of Home October/November 2007, p18

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Reviewed on Oct. 16, 2008 by Essheep

I think these were supposed to be jumbo-sized cupcakes. We doubled the recipes (trying to get 24) and ended up with 46 normal sized cupcakes! Also, the "hats" don't fit well on a normal cupcake...there just wasn't room for a face. Other than that these were yummy. Don't sweeten the batter more than it says, the lack of sweet is more than compensated for in the sugary toppings. Smile