Spooky Surprise Cupcakes

By á-1801

Easy to make, these impressive spider web cupcakes have a spooky surprise cream cheese center and spider web frosting.

Ingredients

• 1 (8-ounce) block cream cheese, softened
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 4 large eggs
• 8 drops yellow food coloring
• 4 drops red food coloring
• 1 package Duncan Hines® Moist Deluxe® Devil's Food Cake Mix
• 1 1/3 cups water
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil
• 1 tub Duncan Hines® Creamy Home-Style Classic Chocolate Frosting
• 1 tub Duncan Hines® Creamy Home-Style Classic Vanilla Frosting
• Chocolate decorating decors

Preparation

Step 1

Blend together cream cheese, 1 egg, sugar, 2 drops of red food coloring and 4 drops of yellow food coloring until smooth and creamy; set aside.

Preheat oven to 350° F. Place paper baking cups in muffin cups.

Prepare cake mix according to package directions. Fill each muffin cup 1/2 full of batter. Place a dollop of cream cheese mixture in center of each cupcake.

Bake for 23 to 26 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Allow to cool in pan 5 minutes then remove to cooling rack to cool completely before frosting and decorating.

To decorate cupcakes, frost the top of each cupcake with chocolate frosting. Tint 1/2 cup of vanilla frosting with 2 drops of red food coloring and 4 drops of yellow food coloring: set aside.

Place remaining vanilla frosting into plastic resealable bag. Cut a pinpoint hole in one corner of the bag. Starting in the center, pipe frosting in circles on top of cupcakes, making each circle larger than the previous. Drag a toothpick through the circles in an outward, spoke like motion to create a spider web.

Place orange frosting into plastic resealable bag. For the head of the spider, pipe a small dollop of frosting onto frosting spider web. Pipe a slightly larger dollop beside the small dollop, for the body of the spider. Use chocolate decorating decors for the legs of the spider.