Vanilla Cupcakes: Halloween Special!

That time of the year is approaching! You know what I'm taking about. The ghouls and zombies, the vampires and witches! It's almost Halloween so here's some sugary treats to help your oozing brain to think of amazing tricks! Anyone that knows me, knows that I love to be creative and decorate like crazy! I kinda went a little overboard on the whole Halloween thing and bought a whole load of stuff to make spooktastic treats for your little (or big) tricksters! So, let's get started on these killer cupcakes!
*Makes 12 cupcakes

What You Need
1 1/3 cups flour
½ teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon baking powder
¼ teaspoon salt
1 cup sugar
¼ cup butter, room temperature
1 large egg
1 ¼ teaspoon vanilla
1 cup buttermilk
Or
Just opt out and use some Vanilla cake mix! 


What You Need To Do
1. Preheat at 350. Bake for 18-20 mins.
2. You don't need any fancy words like, sift and divide! Just put all of those ingredients in medium/large a bowl and mix until everything is combined together in a creamy batter! 

3. Spoon batter into cup filled pan and bake!






Optional Bloody Filling
You can fill these with some yummy filling to make a blood like center! I just went to the store and bought some strawberry pie filling! You can use strawberry, cherry, or cranberry if you'd like! You can also make the filling, just look up some compote recipes and follow their instructions. 
*I'm not to good at making compote, I always burn it for some reason. haha
Directions
Just cut out the center of the cake and fill!

1. There are 2 ways to make a hole in the middle of the cupcake. 

a. Buy these handy little things from Publix. You press them into the cake and spin it a bit and the cake comes out easily.

b. Using a small knife, cut on an angle directly into top of the vanilla cupcake in a circular pattern, staying within the perimeter of the top, removing the inside of the cupcake in one piece.

 2. Just remember to put the top back on so the color of the filling doesn't run with the frosting!







Vanilla Frosting
3 cups powdered sugar
1 cup butter (soft)
1 teaspoon vanilla
3 Tablespoons of whipping cream




1. Add butter, vanilla, and whipping cream in a bowl. Then add 1 cup of powdered sugar, mix. 
2. Taste, if you like it stop here! If not keep adding by the half cup until you desire your sweet tooth!

Told you it was a Halloween special!

3. Then frost! You stop here if you'd like.

Decorations!

I bought these cute little candy knives from Walmart. You can take these with some of the strawberry filling or red gel and slop it on top of the cupcakes for a blood like effect. Then stick the knives on the top. I dabbed some red on the handle of the knife for more of an effect.

Then bite into the gooey bloody mess as these killer flavors pierce your taste buds! 







There are more Halloween recipes to come! And feel free to comment here or on my facebook page with any recipe requests. You can even post your own whisk licking photos to be featured on here!
Love, Caity!

Pumpkin Spice Cupcakes

So, I am totally sorry that I didn't post on Saturday! I was so very happy that I had my weekend off of work and I was watching all of my shows that piled up through the week! Which I'm so happy that Vampire Diaries is back! And that new show Arrow, it's amazing! Annyyyway, these cupcakes are my absolute favorite! They're so yummy and I don't even like pumpkin stuff. So, that means they're yummy, because I like them! haha

*I didn't take many pictures for this, because I was just jamming out to my music and not really paying attention.

*This recipe makes 24 cupcakes

Stuff You Need For The Cupcakes

3/4 cup butter

2-1/2 cups sugar

3 eggs

1 can (15 ounces) solid-pack pumpkin

2-1/3 cups flour

1 tablespoon pumpkin pie spice

1 teaspoon baking powder

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

3/4 teaspoon salt

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon ground ginger

1 cup buttermilk (or if you don't have buttermilk, get a cup of milk and squeeze a half of a lemon/lime into it. Or you can use 1 tablespoon of lime/lemon juice. Let it sit for a few minutes, or until ready to use.)

How To Make The Cupcakes

1. Set oven to 350 degrees F.
2. Mix all dry ingredients into a large bowl.
3. Make sure the butter is softened before adding that and all of the wet ingredients.
4. Mix it until it's all combined.
5. Add cups to your pans and scoop the batter about 1/3 full into each cup.

What You Need For The Frosting

1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese

1/2 cup butter

2 cups powdered sugar (or more, depends on your sweet tooth. Add by the half cup to see what you like.)

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

2 teaspoons ground cinnamon

How To Make The Frosting

Make sure butter is softened and add all ingredients together and mix. It's that simple.

When you're done mixing the frosting, frost them and eat! =D





And remember to Lick That Whisk

Tune in for next week's cupcakes! And post your whisk licking pictures on my Facebook page!
Love, Caitlyn

Cannoli Cupcakes

Hello! 
So I got the idea for these cupcakes from my coworker, she's Italian and she made me think of cannoli's. The cake is just a simple vanilla cake. If you don't want to make it with all of the ingredients you can just buy vanilla cake mix from the store. 

*This recipe can make 24 cupcakes.

*I cut my recipe in half, so if it looks like less to you, there's no problem there. =)

Vanilla Cupcakes:

• 2 1/2 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 3 large eggs
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 cup oil
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 cup sour cream

Directions

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line regular sized cupcake pans with liners.

2. Put all dry ingredients in bowl, then add wet ingredients.

3. Fill the cupcake liners and bake until baked through and golden brown, 18 to 20 minutes. Cool completely.

Chocolate Chip Cannoli Cream:

• 16 ounces whole milk ricotta cheese
• 3/4 (or 1) cup powdered sugar, depends on your sweet tooth.
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup mini semisweet morsels

In a mixing bowl beat the ricotta, powdered sugar, and vanilla on medium speed for about 5 minutes. Stir in the mini morsels. 

Fresh Whipped Cream:

• 2 cups heavy whipping cream
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1 cup mini semisweet morsels, for garnishing

Beat the cream and sugar together in a mixing bowl fitted with a whisk attachment until the cream is whipped.

*This will look really watery at first! It's okay! When you whip it enough it'll start to solidify! It'll take about 3 mins.

        Remember to Lick That Whisk!

Decorate!

1. There are 2 ways to make a hole in the middle of the cupcake. 

a. Buy these handy little things from Publix. You press them into the cake and spin it a bit and the cake comes out easily.

b. Using a small knife, cut on an angle directly into top of the vanilla cupcake in a circular pattern, staying within the perimeter of the top, removing the inside of the cupcake in one piece.

2. Using a spoon or small scoop, fill the inside of the cupcake with Chocolate Chip Cannoli Cream.

Place the top of the cupcake back on, putting a little pressure so that the top is pressed into the cream, holding it in place. 

*If you use the tools from Publix you're going to have to cut the cake down so it's thinner. 

3. Top with a dollop of Fresh Whipped Cream, garnish with mini morsels, and enjoy!

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Love, 

Caitlyn =D