Pumpkin Shaped Cupcakes

Name: Pumpkin Shaped Cupcakes
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 24
Ingredients: 1 package (2-layer size) white cake mix; 1 teaspoon McCormick® All Natural Pure Vanilla Extract; McCormick® Assorted Food Colors & Egg Dye; 1 container (16 ounces) vanilla frosting; 24 mini donuts; 24 green gum drops

By: McCormick Kitchens

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Place a mini donut atop a cupcake to transform it into a dome shape. With a decoration of orange-tinted frosting and gum drop stems you'll have a bumper crop of mini pumpkins.

Recipe Info

Prep Time:

30m
Cook Time:

20m
Servings:

24
User Rating:

Ingredients

1 package (2-layer size) white cake mix
1 teaspoon McCormick® All Natural Pure Vanilla Extract
McCormick® Assorted Food Colors & Egg Dye
1 container (16 ounces) vanilla frosting
24 mini donuts
24 green gum drops

Nutrition Information

(per serving)

Calories 263
Carbohydrates 39 g
Cholesterol 1 mg
Fiber 0 g
Protein 2 g
Sodium 271 mg
Total Fat 11 g

Place a mini donut atop a cupcake to transform it into a dome shape. With a decoration of orange-tinted frosting and gum drop stems you'll have a bumper crop of mini pumpkins.

Key products

McCormick® All Natural Pure Vanilla Extract, 4 fl oz

$18.99

Unit price: per

McCormick® Assorted Food Colors & Egg Dye, 1.5 fl oz

$6.99

Unit price: per

Instructions

Prepare cake mix as directed on package, adding vanilla. Tint cake batter orange with 1/2 teaspoon yellow food color and 1/4 teaspoon red food color.
Bake as directed on package for cupcakes. Cool cupcakes on wire rack.
Tint frosting orange using 1/4 teaspoon yellow food color and 1/8 teaspoon red food color. Attach a mini donut to cupcake with some frosting. Frost entire donut and top of cupcake. Press ridges into the frosting with a small knife to resemble a pumpkin. Use a gum drop for the stem.