Easy Family Recipes

Saturday, February 12, 2011

Golf Course Cupcakes

My daughter made this cupcake golf course for her dad's birthday. The idea is from the book "What's New, Cupcake?"

Here's a yummy vanilla cupcake recipe. The golf ball is a small round mint dipped  in corn syrup and then rolled in white nonpariels.

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.

Line muffin tins with muffin papers.

Mix 1 cup butter until smooth and creamy. Add 2 cups sugar. Mix well. Add 4 eggs, mixing well after each egg.

In a separate bowl, combine 3 cups cake flour or all-purpose flour with 1/2 teaspoon salt and 3 teaspoons baking powder. Add to the batter a little at a time, alternating the four mixture with 1 cup milk, 1/2 teaspoon almond flavoring, and 1 teaspoon vanilla flavoring.

Pour batter into paper muffin liners. Bake for 15 minutes (20 minutes in a non-convection oven). Remove from pans to cool. Frost. The golf green is made by dipping the frosted cupcake in green sugar. The rough is made with green frosting piped with a pastry bag. The sand is made by dipping the frosted cupcake in crushed vanilla wafer cookies. (Place the vanilla cookies in a sealable plastic bag and crush with a rolling pin.) The hole is an upside-down chocolate kiss. We placed the cupcakes on green cardboard to add to the golf course design.

Yield: 24 cupcakes

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