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Unicorn Cupcakes

5 from 3 votes
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Total Time 35 minutes
Servings: 6
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Calories: 440

Ingredients
  

  • cup All-Purpose Flour
  • 1 tsp Baking Powder
  • ¼ tsp Salt
  • 1 Egg
  • ¼ cup Vegetable Oil
  • 3/4 cup Sugar
  • ½ cup Milk
For the Frosting
  • 1/4 cup Soft Butter
  • 1 tbsp Milk
  • 1 cup Powdered Sugar
  • 2 drops Red Food Coloring
  • 2 drops Blue Food Coloring
For Decorating
  • Sugar Cones trimmed

Method
 

  1. Preheat oven to 350F and line a muffin pan with cupcake liners.
  2. Whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt in a bowl.
  3. In a separate bowl, blend together egg, oil, sugar, and milk.
  4. Blend the wet mixture into the dry ingredients.
  5. Divide the batter into the muffin pan and bake for 20-25 minutes.
  6. Meanwhile, blend together butter, milk, and powdered sugar in a mixing bowl.
  7. Divide the frosting into 3 bowls. Tint one bowl with red food coloring and another with blue.
  8. Take muffins out of the oven and leave to cool.
  9. Alternately spoon 3 colors of frosting into a piping bag fitted with a star tip.
  10. Pipe frosting onto cooled cupcakes and top with sugar cone tips.