Candy Store Cupcakes Recipe

This is a great recipe that I found at the Canadian Living website.  I’ve made a few changes to make this recipe a bit easier.  I think this could be rearranged so that it`s made in to a festive cupcake too.

 

What You Will Need:  

–   Paste food colouring

–   24 gumdrops

For the Icing:

–   1 ½ cups of butter

–   6 cups of icing sugar

–   ¼ cup of whipping cream

–   2 Tbsp of vanilla

For the cupcake:

–   1 cup of butter

–   2 cups of sugar

–   4 eggs

–   2 tsp of vanilla

–   3 cups of flour

–   1 Tbsp of baking powder

–   ½ tsp of salt

–   1 2/3 cups of milk

 

What You Will Need to do:

1.   To make the cupcakes:  in a large bowl, add butter and sugar; beat until fluffy.  Beat in eggs, 1 at a time.  Beat in vanilla.

2.   Whisk together flour, baking powder and salt; stir into butter mixture alternately with milk, making 3 additions of dry ingredients and 2 of milk.  Spoon into paper-lined or greased muffin cups.

3.   Bake in 350ºF oven until cake tester inserted in centre comes out clean, 20 to 22 minutes. Remove from pan; let cool on rack.

4.   To make the icing:  in large bowl, beat butter smooth.  Beat in sugar alternately with cream, making 3 additions of sugar and 2 of cream. Beat in vanilla.

5.   Now, fit piping bag with large plain tip.  Dip blunt end of wooden skewer into food colouring.  Use skewer to paint 2 vertical lines of food colouring opposite each other on inside of piping bag.

6.   Fill bag with icing.  Pipe onto tops of cupcakes.  Top each with gumdrop.