Mitters Cupcakes

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line twenty-four 2 1/2-inch muffin cups with paper bake cups; set aside. Prepare and bake cake mix according to package directions for cupcakes. Cool cupcakes in muffin cups on wire racks for 5 minutes. Remove cupcakes from muffin cups. Cool completely on wire racks.
Tint about 1/4 cup of the Butter Frosting with red food coloring. Place in a small heavy resealable plastic bag with a very small hole cut out of one corner; set bag aside. Remove about 2/3 cup of the frosting for baseball cookies; set aside. Tint the remaining frosting light brown to match the color of the peanut sandwich cookies; use to generously frost the cupcakes. Place the remaining light brown frosting in a pastry bag fitted with a small round tip; pipe onto the split sandwich cookies to resemble a crosshatch pattern. Press four of the split miniature sandwich cookies into the top edge of each cupcake for the fingers of the baseball glove. Break the split regular sandwich cookies in half crosswise; press one half into the top edge of each cupcake for the thumb of the baseball glove. Set cupcakes aside. Use the reserved 2/3 cup white frosting to frost the vanilla wafers. Pipe the red frosting onto frosted vanilla wafers to resemble baseball stitching. Place the decorated wafers on the baseball glove cupcakes.
By: Terry Desaulniers