Name: Clown Cupcakes
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Yield: 12
Ingredients: Unsalted butter, at room temperature - 7 tablespoons; White sugar - ¾ cup; Eggs - 2; Vanilla extract - 1 teaspoon; All-purpose flour - 1 ¾ cups; Baking powder - 1 teaspoon; Salt - 1 pinch; Whole milk - ½ cup; Whole milk - 2 tablespoons; Cream cheese, cubed - 6 ounces; Unsalted butter, at room temperature - 3 tablespoons; Vanilla extract - ½ teaspoon; Confectioners' sugar - ¾ cup; Mini chocolate chips - 24; Red candy-coated milk chocolate pieces (such as M&M's®) - 12; Gummi worms - 12; Orange candy-coated milk chocolate pieces (such as M&M's®) - ½ cup

Ingredients for - Clown Cupcakes

1. Unsalted butter, at room temperature 7 tablespoons

2. White sugar ¾ cup

3. Eggs 2

4. Vanilla extract 1 teaspoon

5. All-purpose flour 1 ¾ cups

6. Baking powder 1 teaspoon

7. Salt 1 pinch

8. Whole milk ½ cup

9. Whole milk 2 tablespoons

10. Cream cheese, cubed 6 ounces

11. Unsalted butter, at room temperature 3 tablespoons

12. Vanilla extract ½ teaspoon

13. Confectioners' sugar ¾ cup

14. Mini chocolate chips 24

15. Red candy-coated milk chocolate pieces (such as M&M's®) 12

16. Gummi worms 12

17. Orange candy-coated milk chocolate pieces (such as M&M's®) ½ cup

How to cook deliciously - Clown Cupcakes

1 . Stage

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 12-cup muffin tin or line cups with paper liners.

2 . Stage

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.

3 . Stage

Spoon batter into the prepared muffin cups, filling each 3/4 full.

4 . Stage

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.

5 . Stage

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.

6 . Stage

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.