Devils Food Christmas Snowmen
1 pk Devils food cake mix
1 1/4 c Water
1/2 c Oil
3 ea Eggs
1 cn Vanilla frosting
8 ea Small paper doilies
40 ea Mini chocolate chips
18 ea Small gumdrops
1 ea Chewy fruit snack string
Heat oven to 350 degrees. Generously grease and flour bottoms and
sides of 8 miniature muffin cups.
In large bowl, combine cake mix, water, oil, and eggs at low speed
until moistened; beat 2 minutes at high speed.
Using about half of batter, fill greased muffin cups 2/3 full. Bake
remaining batter according to package directions in paper lined
muffin cups or greased and floured 8 inch round or square cake pan
for later use.
Bake miniature cupcakes at 350 degrees for 12 to 15 minutes and
regular cupcakes for 20 to 25 minutes or until cake springs back
when touched lightly in center.
Cool in pan on wire rack 10 minutes, remove from pans. Cool
completely.
To make each snowman, frost sides of 1 regular cupcake. Place dab of
frosting on center of doily; place bottom of cupcake on doily. Frost
top of cupcake. Frost sides of 1 miniature cupcake; place, right
side up, in center of regular cupcake. Frost top. Smooth frosting
over entire snowman, rounding shape slightly.
To decorate each snowman, use 2 miniature chocolate chips for eyes
and 3 for buttons. Cut small sliver of orange gumdrop for nose and
small piece of red gumdrop for mouth. Place large gumdrop on head
for hat. Place 2 small gumdrops on sides of body for arms. Cut fruit
snack string into 8 (7 inch long pieces) arrange around neck to
resemble scarf. |