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Circus Animal Cracker Cupcakes

Ingredients

  • "!For the cupcakes:"
  • 1/2 cup unsalted sweet cream butter softened
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 1/2 cups flour
  • 2 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 3/4 cup milk
  • 1 3/4 cups sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1/4 cup of crumbled Animal crackers
  • "For the Frosting:"
  • 1 c unsalted sweet cream butter
  • 3 c powdered sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 3 tbsp heavy whipping cream
  • 12-18 Animal Crackers for garnish

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees and set up your cupcake pan with liners.
  • Fill a ziplock bag with Animal Crackers and and crush them to make crumbles.
  • Fill the bottom of the liners with crumbled Animal Cracker cookie.
  • Using a medium bowl, whisk flour, baking powder, and salt.
  • In a separate large mixing bowl, beat butter with an electric mixer on medium to high for 30 seconds.
  • Add sugar, and vanilla to the butter to the mixture and beat until combined.
  • Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
  • Alternate the flour mixture and milk to the butter mixture, beating on low speed until everything is well mixed together.
  • Fill the cupcake pan liners 2/3 with cake batter.
  • Bake for 18-20 minutes.
  • Remove cupcakes from pan and allow to cool on a wire rack for 30 minutes before frosting.
  • In large mixing bowl, beat butter, vanilla and cream cheese on high speed until fluffy.
  • Add 3 cups of sugar, one at a time while beating.
  • Add in heavy cream if frosting is looking like sugar pebbles.
  • Be sure to scrape the sides to get all of the sugar incorporated.
  • Mix until your frosting is stiff and doesn't fall off the whisk.
  • Using a star tip, pipe on the frosting onto the top of the cooled cupcake and place a Animal Cracker Cookie on top.