Reindeer Cupcakes
By The Canadian Living Test Kitchen
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This recipe makes 12 servings
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Nutritional Info |
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Per cupcake: |
- |
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cal |
429429 cal |
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pro |
4 g4g pro |
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total fat |
24 g24g total fat |
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sat. fat |
15 g15g sat. fat |
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carb |
51 g51g carb |
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fibre |
2 g2g fibre |
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chol |
88 mg88mg chol |
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sodium |
333 mg333mg sodium |
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% RDI: |
- |
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calcium |
55 calcium |
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iron |
1616 iron |
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vit A |
2020 vit A |
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folate |
1313 folate |
North Pole-inspired characters are cute as a button - and delicious, too. Get the kids involved in the easy decorating.
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup cocoa powder 1/2 1/2cup cupcocoa powder
- 2 eggs 2 2eggeggs
- 1 tsp vanilla 1 1tsp tspvanilla
- 1-1/4 cups sifted cake and pastry flour 1-1/4 1-1/4cups cupssifted cake and pastry flour
- 1 cup packed brown sugar 1 1cup cuppacked brown sugar
- 1 tsp baking powder 1 1tsp tspbaking powder
- 1/2 tsp baking soda 1/2 1/2tsp tspbaking soda
- 1/4 tsp salt 1/4 1/4tsp tspsalt
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter , softened1/2 1/2cup cupunsalted butter, softened
- Chocolate Icing:
- 3/4 cup butter , softened3/4 3/4cup cupbutter, softened
- 1/4 cup whipping cream 1/4 1/4cup cupwhipping cream
- 1/2 tsp vanilla 1/2 1/2tsp tspvanilla
- 1-1/2 cups icing sugar 1-1/2 1-1/2cups cupsicing sugar
- 1 oz unsweetened chocolate , melted and cooled1 1oz ozunsweetened chocolate, melted and cooled
- Decorations
- 24 pretzels , (at least 3 inches/8 cm wide)24 24pretzels, (at least 3 inches/8 cm wide)
- 12 miniature marshmallows , snipped in half crosswise12 12miniature marshmallowminiature marshmallows, snipped in half crosswise
- 24 chocolate chips 24 24chocolate chips
- 12 candy-coated chocolate pieces 12 12candy-coated chocolate pieces or gumdrops
Preparation
Additional information :
Source : Canadian Living Special Issue: Home for the Holidays 2008