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what a party animal!

This is the recipe for the second kind of cupcakes I made for Shan's Birthday. I made chocolate cupcakes - a dessert buffet won't be complete with out chocolate, and added a touch of funny by making monkey faces with cookies.

Monkey Cupcakes
Ingredients:
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 cups white sugar
- 3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 1 cup milk
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup hot milk
- ready made red gel writing icing
- mini M&M's
- small drop cookies
- store bought or homemade chocolate frosting


How to:  
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).  Line muffin pan with paper cups
- In a large bowl, stir together the flour, sugar, cocoa, baking powder, and baking soda. Add the oil, milk, eggs, and vanilla, mix until smooth. Stir in the hot milk last. pour into prepared pan. 
- Bake in the preheated oven for 20 to 25 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the cake comes out clean. - cool cupcakes and frost
- arrange the drop cookies in a way that they resemble the face and ears
- add the M&M's as eyes, make 2 dots with melted chocolate on the face for nose, and draw mouths with red icing gel




experiment success!!!


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