Frosted Animal Cookie Cupcakes

If you loved frosted animal cookies as a child, you are going to just go nuts over these cupcakes!! So easy to make and everyone will love them.

Vanilla Cupcake Recipe

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup unsalted sweet cream butter softened
• 2 egg whites
• 2 eggs
• 2 cups flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/4 tsp baking soda
• 3/4 cup milk
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla bean paste

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Set up your cupcake pan with liners.
3. Using a medium bowl, whisk flour, baking powder, salt, and baking soda.
4. In a separate large mixing bowl, beat butter with an electric mixer or Kitchen-aid on medium to high for 30 seconds.
5. Now add sugar, and vanilla to the butter and beat until combined.
6. Add egg whites, and eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
7. Alternate, the flour mixture and milk to butter mixture, beating on low speed until everything is well mixed together.
8. Fill the cupcake pan liners 2/3 with cake batter
9. Bake for 18-20 minutes.
10. Remove cupcakes from pan and allow to cool on a wire rack for 30 minutes before frosting

Vanilla Animal Cookie Frosting Recipe:

• 2 sticks butter (room temp)
• 4-5 cups Powder sugar
• 2 tsp vanilla extract
• Confetti sprinkles
• 1 bag of frosted animal cookies (13oz)

Directions

1. In large mixing bowl, beat butter on high speed until stiff and fluffy.
2. Add 3 cups of sugar, one at a time.
3. Scrape the sides to get all of the sugar.
4. Add in extract.
5. In addition, add the last cup of sugar.
6. Beat until smooth.
7. Pipe the cupcake using a star tip.
8. Top them with one frosted animal cookie (optional)