INGREDIENTS

INSTRUCTIONS

/2 cup u   unsweetened cocoa powder cup boil ling water 2/3    cups   s
all-purpose flour teaspoon n baking powder 2 teaspo oon salt 2 cup  bu
utter or margarine 4 cup gr ranulated sugar 2 cup pa acked light  brown
sugar eggs 2    eggs 2 teaspo oon vanilla ing (rec cipe  follows)
coration ns (directions below) e cream cones for witches'  hats bag (12
ounces) semisweet chocolate  :          -morsels, melted ocolate wafer
cookies for brim of  :          -hats bag (7 o ounces) gumdrops; for  :
-eyeballs and mouth anut but tter chips; for noses ack lico  orice; for
hair  Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Line fifteen 2-1/2-inch
muffin-pan cups with paper liners (if using foil liners, omit
muffin-pan cups and place foil liners directly on baking sheet).
Combine cocoa powder and boiling water in saucepan; set aside. Combine
flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt in small bowl. Beat
together butter and sugars in large mixing bowl. Beat in eggs and
vanilla. Alternately add flour and cocoa mixtures, beginning and
ending with flour mixture. Spoon batter into cupcake liners, until
two-thirds full.  Bake in preheated oven (350 degrees Fahrenheit) 20 to
25 minutes or  until wooden pick inserted in center of cupcake comes
out clean. Cool  on racks before icing.  Icing Beat together 2-1/2 cups
10x (confectioners') sugar, 2  tablespoons softened butter, 1 teaspoon
grated orange rind, 2  tablespoons orange juice and 1/2 teaspoon
vanilla until smooth. Color  with food coloring if desired. Spread
smoothly over cooled cupcakes  and decorate with witch decorations
(below).  To make decorations: Dip pointed ends of ice cream cones into
melted  chocolate morsels, so chocolate comes half way up sides. Stand
on  waxed paper to cool. When chocolate is hard, break off uncoated
portion of cone. Dip broken bottom of cone in melted chocolate; stick
to wafer cookie to make hat; set aside to harden. Halve gumdrops for
eyes; cut in thirds for mouth. Attach hat, gumdrops for face, and
licorice for hair to tops of cupcakes.  Recipe by: Kitchen Chat /Cheryl
Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #865 by Dianne Larson Ward
<dianne@olynet.com> on Oct 26, 1997

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