How to Make Easy Turkey Cupcakes For Thanksgiving

A monkey on a cupcake

Are you looking for a cute thanksgiving cupcake idea? We have you covered! It is easy to get caught up in the hustle and bustle of the holidays, so it can be easy to forget about what you are thankful for. This year let’s celebrate with easy turkey cupcakes! These tasty treats are sure to be a hit at your next Thanksgiving dinner, especially with the littles!

– 1 1/2 C flour – 1 tsp baking powder – 1/8 tsp baking soda – 1/4 tsp salt – 1 C sugar – 1/2 C unsalted butter, room temp – 1 large egg, room temp – 2 large egg whites, room temp – 1/2 tsp vanilla extract – 1/3 C buttermilk

CUPCAKE INGREDIENTS:

How to Make Cute Turkey Cupcakes  Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line cupcake pan with paper cupcake liners. To make the cupcake batter, let’s start with the dry ingredients. Stir the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a large mixing bowl. Set it aside. In the bowl of a stand mixer let’s get the wet ingredients going. Whip the butter and sugar until pale and fluffy in the mixing bowl.

Add in an egg, then the egg whites one at a time. Add the vanilla with the second egg white. Measure out the buttermilk. Mix 1/3 of the flour mixture alternating with 1/2 of the buttermilk. Mix after each addition only until just combined.

With all ingredients blended spoon the batter into the paper-lined cupcake pan until each tin is 3/4’s filled. Bake at 350 degrees for 20-25 minutes or until an inserted toothpick comes out clean. Allow cupcakes to cool in the cupcake pan for 10 minutes. Remove cupcakes from the muffin tin and place each on a wire rack until cooled.

Chocolate Frosting Ingredients:  – 1 C unsalted butter, softened – 3/4 C cocoa powder – 3 C powder sugar – 3/4 C heavy cream

Frosting Directions:  Beat the softened butter on its own until smooth in a large bowl. Add the cocoa and powder sugar alternately with heavy cream into the creamed butter until it becomes a smooth and thick texture. If the frosting is too thick, add more heavy cream, if too thin, add more powder sugar.

Scoop frosting into a large pastry piping bag with a frosting round tip. Twist the open end of the pastry bag to push the frosting to the tip. Pipe the frosting onto the top of the cupcake.

Thanksgiving Cupcakes Decorations Directions: Following the outline for the layout of the decorations on the cupcake. Using the Turkey candy cupcake product found at Walmart, Michaels, Target, or Hobby Lobby Place the eyes in the front of the cupcake facing you above the 1/2 way point in the frosting in front of the cupcake. Add the turkey’s beak and the waddle just below the eyes.

Now place 2 yellow pieces in the front below the eyes for the gobble, making sure to spread them apart like the picture shows. Begin to create the tail feathers. There is no color order that is right or wrong. Be creative and have a blast with it – it is supposed to be a fun treat. I started with the back row first and then row two and finished with the row closest to the eyes.  Now, look at your cute little turkey cupcakes! Aren’t they a fun idea?

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