The perfect wild west cowboy cupcakes 

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These cowboy cupcakes are the perfect way to enjoy a bit of the Wild West without having to leave your home! These tasty treats are made with a simple vanilla cake recipe and are then topped with fun items to make them look like little cowboy hats.

– 1 cup all-purpose flour – 1 1/4 tsp baking powder – 1/8 tsp salt – 2 large eggs at room temp – 3/4 cup sugar – 1/4 cup unsalted butter, cut into 1/2” cubes – 1/2 cup milk – the higher the fat content, the better – 2 tsp vanilla extract – 1 1/2 tsp vegetable oil

CUPCAKE INGREDIENTS:

- Preheat the oven to 350°F and place the shelf in the middle of the oven. Line the muffin tin with cupcake liners.  - Whisk flour, baking powder, matcha, and salt together in a large bowl. Set aside.  - Place butter and milk in a microwave-safe dish and zap for 2 minutes on high to melt the butter.  - In a separate bowl, beat eggs for 30 seconds on medium-high speed. - With the beater still going, pour the sugar in over 30 seconds.

Beat eggs for 6 minutes more on a highly faster speed, or until they tripled in volume and are almost pure white. When the egg is whipped, scatter 1/3 flour across the surface, then beat on low for 5 seconds. Stop beating, add half the remaining flour, then mix on low for 5 seconds. Add remaining flour, then mix on Speed 1 for 5 – 10 sec until the flour is just mixed in. Once you can’t see flour, stop straight away.

Pour the hot milk/butter, vanilla, and oil into the empty flour bowl. Add about 3/4 cups of the Egg Batter into the hot milk. Use a whisk to mix until smooth. It should look kind of foamy. With the beater on low still, pour the milk mixture into the Egg Batter over 10-15 seconds, then turn the beater off. Fill your muffin tins with batter until they are 2/3 full. Bake 20-22 minutes until a toothpick comes out clean.

Ingredients For Cowboy Hat:  – Yellow cake mix recipe – White or brown frosting – Pringles chips – Regular size marshmallows – Twizzlers peel and pull candy – red – 4 oz melted chocolate

Decorating Your Cupcake:  Bake your cupcakes per whatever recipe you choose and let cool completely.  Melt the chocolate in the microwave in 30-second intervals, stir until smooth, and place in a mug for dipping. If it is too thick, use a little coconut oil to thin the chocolate.

To make the hat, secure the marshmallow to pringle with a dab of melted chocolate, and let it set up before going to the next step. I do this for ALL the hats at this time. 

Submerge the entire marshmallow and potato chip hat ( we used an egg dye wand ) in chocolate, and allow the excess chocolate to drain back into the cup. Place it on wax paper to set and dry. To add texture to the hat, allow setting for a minute, then use fork prongs to create a straw look.

Add one strand of Twizzlers candy around the hat as shown.

Place the piping bag into a large glass and fold the sides of the bag over the rim of the glass. Scoop the frosting into the piping bag. Bring the pastry bag edges up and twist them together to start decorating. Add a 1 mm star tip to your bag. If you don’t have a piping bag, try a plastic bag with the tip snipped off. Frost the cooled cupcakes.

Place the frosted cupcake upside down in the coconut to add hay.  Carefully place the hat on top of the hay.

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