| Level: | Easy |
| Total: | 40 min |
| Prep: | 25 min |
| Cook: | 15 min |
| Yield: | 12 servings |
Ingredients
- 1 1/4 cups cake flour
- 1/4 cup cocoa powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 stick unsalted butter, softened
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1/3 cup vegetable oil
- 1/2 cup buttermilk
- 1 teaspoon white vinegar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1-ounce red food coloring gel
- 4 ounces cream cheese, room temperature
- 1/2 stick unsalted butter, room temperature
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3 cups powdered sugar
- 1 small squeeze red food coloring gel
- 6 marshmallows, cut in 1/2, for decorating
- 12 sugar gummy candies (pink or red slices) cut in 1/2, for decorating
- Black licorice string, for decorating, cut in 1/2-inch pieces
- 12 brown chocolate covered candies, for decorating (recommended: M and M’s)
Instructions
- For the cupcakes:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line a 12-cup muffin tin with cupcake liners.
- Whisk flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder and salt into a medium bowl, set aside.
- In a large mixing bowl, using a hand held electric beater, cream butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. Add eggs and vegetable oil and beat well, then add the buttermilk, vinegar, vanilla extract and food coloring; beat until just combined. Add dry ingredients to the wet and blend until smooth and thoroughly combined.
- Divide batter among the cupcake tins, filling 2/3 of the way full. Bake in the center rack of the oven for about 12 to 15 minutes or until a tester inserted into the center of the cupcake comes out clean. Let cool completely on a wire rack before frosting.
- For the frosting:
- In a medium bowl beat cream cheese and butter together until smooth and creamy. Stir in the vanilla extract. Add powdered sugar, 1 cup at a time, until desired consistency is reached. Stir in food coloring and mix until you get a light pink hue.
- Frost cupcakes with cream cheese frosting. Frost half a marshmallow and place on each cupcake for the snout. Adorn pink gummy candies in appropriate ear locations curved side in. Place black licorice above snout to create eyes and place chocolate covered candies on snout to create nostrils.
Nutrition Facts
| Serving Size | 1 of 12 servings |
| Calories | 536 |
| Total Fat | 28 g |
| Saturated Fat | 13 g |
| Carbohydrates | 72 g |
| Dietary Fiber | 2 g |
| Sugar | 56 g |
| Protein | 4 g |
| Cholesterol | 68 mg |
| Sodium | 239 mg |
Reviews
love he taste of these and my boys enjoyed the cupcakes
Great taste but the batter was a tad bit too thick for my liking. I like lighter cupcakes. I would use this recipe again but next time I would not put as much cocoa powder.
Fantastic. Made the cupcakes and icing exactly as described. Topped with fresh raspberries. Disappeared in a matter of minutes.
I love Pig + cupcake= Piggy Cake ! This was a good recipe A good classic !
The cupcakes were so moist and delicious. It had such a rich flavor and so I will make it for many years to come. I did not do the piggy pink frosting design but otherwise the recipe was followed exactly. I am so happy that this recipe is available on your website. Please keep up the good work!
I thought the cupcakes were SO good. They tasted better then they looked. Now who doesn’t love piggy cupcakes?
I made these cupcakes for my sister’s birthday. Since I was also making her dinner, I used a boxed cake mix. Other than that change, the cupcakes were amazing. My sister loved how they looked and tasted. And, she also loved the facial expressions that were caused by the licorice. I was able to frost & decorate the cupcakes in an hour. The hardest part was getting the frosting to coat the marshmellows perfectly.
I know a good cupcake when I see one!
The crowd went wild especially the little kids they just loved it !
Thanks For This Awesome Recipe !
-Steven ! 🙂
The crowd went wild especially the little kids they just loved it !
Thanks For This Awesome Recipe !
-Steven ! 🙂
I think of you Gina any time I see a PIG. These are so cute!! I want to mae these for my granddaughter, Lucy Rose. Love your show. Thanks
I have a business hand-painting piggy banks….so when I saw this recipe I knew I had to make them……I am…..”all about the pigs”….. they were easy to make and really delicious…. for the ears I found sour watermelon candies which were the perfect size and shape…… They were a huge hit….I’m making them again next weekend.
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