Vanilla Cupcakes With Milky Way Frosting

So I had a ton, well not a ton, but about a cup of Milky Way frosting left over from my Milky Way cake. Since I only make Milky Way cake once a year on my birthday, I had to think of another way to use up the frosting. Something other than eating it straight out of the container one spoon at a time. What else do you put frosting on? Cupcakes of course! I've never made cupcakes from scratch before, but how hard could it be? I did a quick search on Google and came across this Basic Vanilla Cupcakes recipe. It's meant for kids which means you really can't screw it up. The cupcake recipe should be made as listed, however, the frosting recipe is meant for the Milky Way  Cake. For cupcakes, I would cut the recipe down in half or even use a quarter of the ingredient amounts listed.

Vanilla Cupcakes
1 cup of sugar
1/2 cup of butter
2 eggs
2 tsp. vanilla
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 3/4 tsp. baking powder
1/2 milk

1. Preheat the oven to 350°F. Place cupcake liners into the cupcake tin.
2. In a medium bowl, cream together the sugar and butter by hand with a big spoon. With an electric mixer, beat in the eggs, one at a time. Add the vanilla.
3. Combine the flour and baking powder in a separate bowl. Add this dry mixture to the creamed mixture. Mix well. Stir in the milk until the batter is smooth. Pour or spoon batter into the prepared pan.
4. Bake 20 to 25 minutes.

Frosting (Remember to cut the recipe in half or quarter)
3 milky way bars
1/2 cups butter
4 teaspoons milk
1/2 pound powdered sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla

1. Melt candy bars in pan. 
2. Put candy mixture into bowl. 
3. Beat the remaining ingredients into the bowl slowly. 
4. Once it is all stirred together, decorate the cooled cupcakes.

The Birthday Cake Post

My twenty-something birthday was this weekend. May 21st to be exact. The apocalypse didn't happen so I got to spend the day celebrating with my closest friends. I also made my own birthday cake. Milky Way Cake has become a must-have for my birthday. Everyone loves Milky Ways, but did you know you can bake with them too? This was the third year that I have made it and it's still as appealing as the first time around.

The cake calls for 11 Milky Way bars. That can get pretty expensive so plan ahead and get them when they're on sale. I got mine at CVS during a 2/$1 sale. You could also get fun sized Milky Ways or minis. Those can be a pain to unwrap but doable. Through experimenting and grueling math calculations I figured out that 3.5 fun sized Milky Ways equal to 1 regular sized bar. If you go with minis, then 7 minis equal to 1 regular sized bar. Now, without further ado, here is the recipe:

Milky Way Cake
8 Milky Way regular sized bar
2 cups sugar
4 eggs
1 cup butter
2 1/2 cups flour
1 cup buttermilk
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
2 teaspoons vanilla

Melt the 8 candy bars and butter in pan. Remember to keep stirring the mixture so it doesn't burn the pan. Blend the remaining ingredients together in one bowl. Stir the candy mixture into the cake mixture. Put in greased and floured bunt cake pan. Bake at 300 degrees for 1 hour or until done.

Frosting
3 milky way bars
1/2 cups butter
4 teaspoons milk
1/2 pound powdered sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla

Melt candy bars in pan. Put candy mixture into bowl. Beat the remaining
ingredients into the bowl slowly. Once it is all stirred together, pour over the cooled cake.