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Easy Football Cupcakes

Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time17 minutes
Total Time27 minutes
Servings: 24 cupcakes

Ingredients

  • 1 ½ C. granulated sugar
  • 1 ⅓ C. all-purpose flour
  • ¾ C. unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 2 tsp. baking powder
  • ½ tsp. baking soda
  • 3 tbsp. butter, melted
  • 1 tsp. vanilla extract
  • 1 C. milk
  • white frosting any brand
  • green food coloring you could also purchase green frosting
  • 24 chocolate colored almonds
  • #2 Wilton frosting tip
  • 1M Wilton frosting tip
  • 2 disposable piping bags
  • 24 cupcake liners

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and line (2) 12 count cupcake tins with cupcake liners.
  • Combine the flour, baking soda, baking powder and cocoa powder and set aside.
  • Combine the sugar, eggs, milk, vanilla extract and melted butter.
  • Slowly fold in the dry ingredients.
  • Fill each cupcake liner about ⅔ full with cupcake batter.
  • Bake 16-18 minutes.
  • Insert a toothpick into the cupcakes around 16-17 minutes, if it comes out clean the cupcakes are done. Remove from the oven and let cool.
  • Add a few drops of green food coloring to the white frosting and stir to combine.
  • Attach the 1M Wilton frosting tip to the piping bag and fill with green frosting.
  • Frost each cupcake by gently squeezing the frosting from the piping bag going in a back and forth motion across the top of the cupcake.
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  • Repeat with all cupcakes.
  • Attach the small #2 Wilton frosting tip to the second disposable piping bag and scoop a few tablespoons of white frosting into the bag.
  • Take one chocolate covered almond at a time and make football hashtags across the top with the frosting.
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  • Set 1 almond football on top of each cupcake.
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  • Repeat with all almonds and all cupcakes. 
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