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Pull-Apart Spiderweb Cupcakes

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  • Prep 20 min
  • Total 1 hr 45 min
  • Servings 24
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Treat your family with a perfect Halloween dessert! Enjoy these wonderful spiderweb cupcakes made with Betty Crocker* SuperMoist* Cake Mix and Betty Crocker* Frosting.
Created Feb 4, 2015
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Ingredients

  • 1 box Betty Crocker* SuperMoist* Cake Mix (any flavour)
  • Water, vegetable oil and eggs, called for on cake mix box
  • Orange gel (or paste) food colour
  • 2 tubs Betty Crocker* Whipped fluffy white frosting
  • 1 tube black decorating gel
  • Plastic spiders (for decoration)

Steps

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    1
    Heat oven to 350ºF (325ºF for dark or nonstick pans). Place paper baking cup in each of 24 regular-size muffin cups.
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    2
    Mix and bake cake mix as directed on box for 24 cupcakes. Cool 10 minutes; remove from pans to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 30 minutes.
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    3
    On large round platter or pizza pan, arrange cupcakes, placing them close together. In medium bowl, mix food colour and frosting. Spread frosting over cupcakes and spaces in between to create 1 large circle of frosting. Squeeze 1 large dot of black gel in centre of frosting. With gel, draw concentric circles around the dot, spacing them about 2 inches apart. To create the web design, drag a toothpick from the centre dot to the outer edge of the circle, about 12 times. Place plastic spiders on web. Store loosely covered.

Expert Tips

  • Tip 1
    Success: Using gel (or paste) rather than liquid food colour helps keep the frosting thick so it doesn't sink in between the cupcakes.
  • Tip 2
    Kitchen Tip: If you have only one pan and a recipe calls for more cupcakes than your pan will make, cover and refrigerate the rest of the batter while baking the first batch. Cool the pan about 15 minutes, then bake the rest of the batter, adding 1 to 2 minutes to the bake time.
  • Tip 3
    Tip: Use gummy spider candies for more colour and to make this dessert completely edible.
  • Tip 4
    Tip: Look for black cupcake liners with a spiderweb motif to complete the theme.

Nutrition Information

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