Clown Cupcakes

Name: Clown Cupcakes
Total time: 70
Yield: 12
Ingredients: 7 tablespoons unsalted butter, at room temperature; ¾ cup white sugar; 2 eggs; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 1 ¾ cups all-purpose flour; 1 teaspoon baking powder; 1 pinch salt; ½ cup whole milk; 2 tablespoons whole milk; 6 ounces cream cheese, cubed; 3 tablespoons unsalted butter, at room temperature; ½ teaspoon vanilla extract; ¾ cup confectioners' sugar; 24 mini chocolate chips; 12 red candy-coated milk chocolate pieces (such as M&M's®); 12 gummi worms; ½ cup orange candy-coated milk chocolate pieces (such as M&M's®)

Recipe by barbara from allrecipes.com

Dessert 1 Hr. 10 Mins.

Ingredients

12 servings

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7 tablespoons unsalted butter, at room temperature
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¾ cup white sugar
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2 eggs
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1 teaspoon vanilla extract
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1 ¾ cups all-purpose flour
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1 teaspoon baking powder
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1 pinch salt
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½ cup whole milk
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2 tablespoons whole milk

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6 ounces cream cheese, cubed
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3 tablespoons unsalted butter, at room temperature
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½ teaspoon vanilla extract
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¾ cup confectioners' sugar
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24 mini chocolate chips
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12 red candy-coated milk chocolate pieces (such as M&M's®)
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12 gummi worms
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½ cup orange candy-coated milk chocolate pieces (such as M&M's®)

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 12-cup muffin tin or line cups with paper liners.
Combine butter and sugar in a bowl. Beat using an electric mixer until creamy. Add eggs, 1 at a time, and beat well after each addition. Mix in vanilla extract. Stir flour, baking powder, and salt together in a separate bowl. Alternate adding flour mixture and all the milk in small amounts, mixing well after each addition.
Spoon batter into the prepared muffin cups, filling each 3/4 full.
Bake in the preheated oven until tops spring back when lightly pressed, about 20 minutes. Cool in the tin for 5 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack and let cool completely, about 20 minutes.
Combine cream cheese and butter in a bowl. Beat using an electric mixer until creamy. Add confectioners' sugar 2 tablespoons at a time and mix. Add vanilla extract after 1/2 the confectioners' sugar has been incorporated.
Frost each cooled cupcake with a layer of cream cheese frosting. Place 2 chocolate chips for eyes, 1 red M&M® candy for the nose, and 1 gummy worm for the mouth on each cupcake. Place 2 rows of orange M&M's® on top to make the hair.