Best Over The Moon Cupcakes Recipes

BLUE MOON BOOZY CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Preheat your oven to 350° and line your cupcake pan with blue liners. In a large mixing bowl, mix together your flour, baking powder, and sea salt and set aside.
• Using a standing mixer, cream together the butter and sugar until combined and fluffy.
• Beat in the eggs one at a time until fully incorporated after each egg.
• Mix in the vanilla, 3 tbsp of orange zest, Blue Moon Beer, and milk.
• Gradually mix in the flour mixture until combined and smooth.
• Scoop batter into the cupcake liners filling them 3/4 full.
• Bake in the oven for 21 minutes.
• Let cool completely before frosting
• Frosting directions
• Using a standing mixer, combine all ingredients and mix until smooth and stiff peaks form.
• Scoop frosting into piping bag
• Pipe frosting onto cooled cupcakes and top with an orange slice. Enjoy!

BANANA MOON PIE CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line 12 regular cupcake or muffin pans with cupcake liners.
• Sift the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a medium mixing bowl. Cream the granulated sugar and shortening in a stand up mixer with a paddle attachment on low. Mix the bananas, buttermilk, vanilla and eggs until blended. Incorporate the flour mixture until blended. Do not over mix. Fill each cup three-quarters full and bake until golden brown and baked all the way through, about 18 minutes.
• Core each cupcake. Pipe the Marshmallow Cream Filling into the core. Dip the top of each cupcake into the Chocolate Coating. Generously frost each cupcake with the Marshmallow Frosting.
• Mix the creme, powdered sugar, butter and vanilla until creamy and fluffy in a stand up mixer with a paddle attachment on medium. Put the filling in a piping bag. Cut the tip of the piping bag 1/4-inch.
• Combine the chips, oil and extract in a double boiler or chocolate melting pot and set on medium temperature. Stir occasionally until smooth. Remove from heat and set aside.
• Boil 3 tablespoons water and the granulated sugar in a small saucepan over high heat. Stir constantly until the sugar has dissolved. Beat the egg whites, tartar and salt until soft peaks form in a stand up mixer with the whisk attachment. Carefully pour the hot sugar syrup into the egg whites with the mixer at medium speed. Whip the frosting until cool and billowy, about 5 minutes. Put the frosting in a medium piping bag with desired piping tip.

MIDNIGHT MADNESS CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Place paper baking cup in each of 24 regular-size muffin cups or spray with cooking spray. Make and bake cake mix as directed on box for cupcakes, using water, oil and eggs. Cool 10 minutes; remove from pans to cooling racks. Cool completely, about 30 minutes.
• Spoon frosting into medium bowl; tint with purple food color. Frost cupcakes. Sprinkle with sanding sugar. Top with rock candy. Cut out each snack cake to look like crescent moon. Garnish cupcakes with moon cutouts.