Best Clown Faces Recipes

CLOWN CUPCAKES

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I made these clown cupcakes for a circus-themed party for my daughter and the kids loved them. They are easy enough to decorate that you can put your kids to work.

Provided by barbara

Categories Desserts Cakes Cupcake Recipes Chocolate

Time 1h10m

Yield 12

Number Of Ingredients 17

Ingredients

7 tablespoons unsalted butter, at room temperature
¾ cup white sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 ¾ cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 pinch salt
½ cup whole milk
2 tablespoons whole milk
6 ounces cream cheese, cubed
3 tablespoons unsalted butter, at room temperature
½ teaspoon vanilla extract
¾ cup confectioners' sugar
24 mini chocolate chips
12 red candy-coated milk chocolate pieces (such as M&M's®)
12 gummi worms
½ cup orange candy-coated milk chocolate pieces (such as M&M's®)

Steps:

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 12-cup muffin tin or line cups with paper liners.
Combine butter and sugar in a bowl. Beat using an electric mixer until creamy. Add eggs, 1 at a time, and beat well after each addition. Mix in vanilla extract. Stir flour, baking powder, and salt together in a separate bowl. Alternate adding flour mixture and all the milk in small amounts, mixing well after each addition.
Spoon batter into the prepared muffin cups, filling each 3/4 full.
Bake in the preheated oven until tops spring back when lightly pressed, about 20 minutes. Cool in the tin for 5 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack and let cool completely, about 20 minutes.
Combine cream cheese and butter in a bowl. Beat using an electric mixer until creamy. Add confectioners' sugar 2 tablespoons at a time and mix. Add vanilla extract after 1/2 the confectioners' sugar has been incorporated.
Frost each cooled cupcake with a layer of cream cheese frosting. Place 2 chocolate chips for eyes, 1 red M&M® candy for the nose, and 1 gummy worm for the mouth on each cupcake. Place 2 rows of orange M&M's® on top to make the hair.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 369.9 calories, Carbohydrate 47.6 g, Cholesterol 70.7 mg, Fat 17.9 g, Fiber 0.7 g, Protein 5.4 g, SaturatedFat 11 g, Sodium 118.6 mg, Sugar 30.3 g

CLOWN CUPCAKES

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Throwing a children's party can be a real circus if you serve the colorful clown cupcakes our Test Kitchen created. Set up a cupcake decorating table and let the kids make funny faces with their favorite candies.

Provided by Taste of Home

Categories Desserts

Time 2h20m

Yield 2 dozen.

Number Of Ingredients 5

Ingredients

1 package yellow cake mix (regular size)
3 cans (16 ounces each) vanilla frosting, divided
Yellow, red and blue paste food coloring
24 ice cream sugar cones
Assorted candies: M&M's miniature baking bits, red shoestring licorice and cherry sour ball candies

Steps:

Prepare and bake cake batter according to package directions for cupcakes. Cool completely on wire racks. Divide two cans of frosting among three bowls; tint with yellow, red and blue food coloring., For clown hats, use a serrated knife or kitchen scissors to cut 2 in. from the open end of each cone. Frost cones with tinted frosting; decorate with baking bits. Place on waxed paper for 30 minutes or until frosting is set., Frost cupcakes with remaining vanilla frosting. Leaving room for the hat on each cupcake, make a clown face and hair with candies. Pipe a matching ruffle on each. Carefully position a hat on each cupcake.

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