frankenstein cupcakes

Ingredients

• Servings: 24
• cupcakes:
• 1 (15.25 ounce) package yellow cake mix
• 1 cup water
• 3 eggs
• 1/3 cup vegetable oil
• frosting:
• 1 cup shortening
• 1 cup butter, softened
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 8 cups confectioners' sugar
• 1/3 cup milk
• 3 drops green food coloring, or as desired
• decorations:
• 3 (1.75 ounce) packages chocolate sprinkles (jimmies)
• 48 dark brown candy-coated milk chocolate pieces
• 48 blue candy-coated milk chocolate pieces
• 2/3 ounce black gel food coloring
• 2/3 ounce red gel food coloring

Recipe

Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 20 mins Ready Time: 1 hr 20 mins


• preheat oven to 350 degrees f (175 degrees c). grease or line 12 muffin cups with paper liners.
• mix cake mix, water, eggs, and vegetable oil together in a bowl; beat with an electric mixer until batter is smooth, about 2 minutes. fill muffin cups with batter.
• bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 19 to 23 minutes. cool cupcakes in the pan for 10 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool.
• beat shortening and butter together in a bowl using an electric mixer until smooth; add vanilla extract and mix well. beat confectioners' sugar, alternating with milk, into butter-shortening mixture until frosting is stiff and holds its shape; mix in green food coloring until desired color is reached.
• fill a piping bag, or large resealable freezer bag with a corner snipped, with frosting. pipe frosting around the top half perimeter and top of each cupcake creating the "head" and "face"; smooth out the frosting using a small spatula, flattening the top into a square-shape for the top of his "head."
• pour chocolate sprinkles into a shallow bowl and dip the top of each cupcake into the sprinkles, slightly angling the cupcake to get sprinkles around the uppermost top side of the "head" for the "hair."
• press 2 dark brown chocolate pieces on the sides of each cupcake creating the "bolts." press 2 blue chocolate pieces into the top front of each cupcake creating the "eyes." put a dot of black food gel in the center of each blue candy for the "pupil." make a "stitch" the "face" using the red food gel.