Friendly Ghost Cupcakes
2013-09-19 14:53:25
Serves 24
Prep Time
35 min
Total Time
1 hr 25 min
Ingredients
- 3 cups
- Original Bisquick® mix
- 1 cup
- granulated sugar
- 1 cup
- packed brown sugar
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- 1/4 cup
- butter or margarine, softened
- 2 teaspoons
- pumpkin pie spice
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- 1/4 cup
- milk
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- 4
- eggs
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- 1 can
- pumpkin (not pumpkin pie mix) (15 ounces)
- 1 package
- cream cheese, softened (3 ounces)
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- 1/2 cup
- butter or margarine, softened
- 2 teaspoons
- vanilla
- 4 1/2 cups
- powdered sugar
- 2 teaspoons
- miniature chocolate chips
Instructions
- 1.
- Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Line 24 regular-size muffin cups with paper baking cups.
- 2.
- In large bowl, beat Bisquick mix, granulated sugar, brown sugar, 1/4 cup butter, the pumpkin pie spice, milk, eggs and pumpkin with electric mixer on low speed 30 seconds. Beat on medium speed 3 minutes. Divide batter evenly among muffin cups.
- 3.
- Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center of cupcake comes out clean. Cool 5 minutes; remove from pan to wire rack. Cool completely, about 30 minutes.
- 4.
- Meanwhile, in large bowl, beat cream cheese and 1/2 cup butter on low speed about 30 seconds or until well blended. Beat in vanilla and 2 cups of the powdered sugar on low speed about 30 seconds or just until mixed, then on high speed about 1 minute or until fluffy. Beat in remaining 2-1/2 cups powdered sugar, 1/4 cup at a time, on medium speed. If too soft to mound, add additional powdered sugar, a tablespoon at a time, until desired consistency.
- 5.
Spoon frosting into large resealable plastic food-storage bag; press out air and seal bag. Cut 1/2-inch tip from lower corner of bag. Squeeze bag to pipe about 2 tablespoons frosting into ghost-shaped mound on each cupcake. Press 2 chocolate chips, flat sides out, into frosting for eyes.
Adapted from recipe.com
Adapted from recipe.com
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