Easy Thanksgiving Turkey Cupcakes
Your kids will go crazy over these Easy Thanksgiving Turkey Cupcakes! Add them to your dessert table for some festive Thanksgiving Day fun!
Equipment
- Stand Mixer/Hand Mixer
- Cupcake pan
- Mixing Bowl
Ingredients
Cupcakes
- 1/2 cup butter softened
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 3 egg whites
- 1/2 cup sour cream
- 1/2 cup milk
- 2 tsp pure vanilla extract
- 1 2/3 cups flour
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp salt
Frosting
- 1/2 cup butter softened
- 3 1/2 cups powdered sugar
- 1 1/2 tsp pure vanilla extract
- 4 tbsp milk
- brown food coloring
- orange food coloring
Candy Toppings
- 1 package Reece's Pieces or M&Ms
- 1 jar Heart sprinkles
- 1 package Candy corn
Other helpful tools
- 3 frosting bags
- 3 coupler ring sets
- 1 black food writer edible ink
- 1 Wilton star tip, food writer tip and large round tip
- Yellow, orange or brown cupcake liners
Instructions
Cupcakes
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Line cupcake pan with cupcake liners.
- In a stand mixer using the paddle attachment (or hand mixer), beat butter, sugar and pure vanilla extract.
- Add egg whites, sour cream and milk and beat until combined.
- In a large mixing bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
- Add to the mixing bowl and beat until incorporated.
- Fill cupcake liners a little more than halfway full.
- Bake for 18-20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
- Allow to cool for about 2 minutes in the pan, then remove. Cool completely.
Frosting/Decorating the Turkey Cupcakes
- In a mixing bowl, add butter, powdered sugar, pure vanilla extract and milk and beat until smooth and creamy.
- Put frosting in the bag. Using the star tip, add frosting starting from the outside edge, working your way into the center.
- Place 5 candy corn, in a half circle, on top of the cupcake. Place in the refrigerator.
- While cupcakes are in the refrigerator, make 3/4 of the remaining frosting brown and 1/4 orange.
- Using the large round tip, pipe on the brown frosting in a small circle.
- Using your edible black marker, place two eyes on the yellow Reece's Pieces or M&Ms candy.
- Place the yellow candy on the brown frosting. Using the writer tip, add a small dot of orange frosting for the beak.
- Add a heart sprinkle, upside down, at the base of the yellow candy.
- Serve and enjoy!
- Note: Store cupcakes in an airtight container for up to 3 days. Placing the cupcakes in the refrigerator will dry them out faster. However, refrigeration may be required if buttercream or candy corn starts to get too soft.
