Warnings:

Warning Text: Contains: wheat, milk. Manufactured on equipment that also processes tree nuts.

Ingredients:

Ingredients: Cake Mix (Bleached Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour [Enriched With Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid], Malted Barley Flour), Sugar, Vegetable Oil Shortening (Palm Oil), Dextrose, Cocoa Powder Processed With Alkali, Leavening (Sodium Bicarbonate, Sodium Aluminum Phosphate, Monocalcium Phosphate Monohydrate), Modified Food Starch, Salt, Emulsifier (Propylene Esters, Mono- And Diglycerides, Sodium Stearoyl Lactylate), Red 40, Artificial Flavors, Invert Sugar), Frosting Mix (Powdered Sugar [Sugar, Corn Starch], Cream Cheese Powder [Cream Cheese (Cream, Milk, Skim Milk, Whey, Cheese Cultures, Salt, Enzymes), Whey, Natural Flavor Tocopherols And Ascorbyl Palmitate [to Protect Flavor]), Natural And Artificial Flavor). Contains: Wheat, Milk. Manufactured On Equipment That Also Processes Tree Nuts.

Directions:

Instructions: You Will Need: Cupcake Pouch: 2 eggs, 2/3 cup water, 1/4 cup oil; Frosting Pouch: 2 teaspoons water, 8 tablespoons butter (softened). Cupcake Instructions: 1. Prep: preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line muffin pan with baking cups. 2. Mix: Empty contents of large pouch into a large bowl. Stir eggs, water and oil into cake mix until moistened (about 50 strokes). Spoon batter evenly into the 12 baking cups (about 1/2 full). 3. Bake: Bake in center of oven at 350 degrees F for 20-25 minutes. Cupcakes are done when toothpick inserted in center comes out free of crumbs. Cool cupcakes in pan on wire rack for 15 minutes before removing. Cool completely before frosting. Frosting Instructions: 1. Mix: Mix softened butter with electric mixer on high for 1 minute until light and fluffy. Scrape. Slowly add frosting mix to butter while mixing on low speed for an additional 1 minute. Scrape. Add water. Start mixing on low, as frosting starts to come together, gradually increase speed to high. This step may take up to 3 minutes. Mix on high for an additional 3 minutes. 2. Decorate: Fill provided pastry bag with frosting (place bag in tall glass to make filling with frosting easier). Cut about 1/2 - inch from the tip of the pastry bag. Insert cut pastry bag into top of cupcake and squeeze gently to fill cupcake with about 1 tablespoon of frosting. Slowly remove pastry bag and swirl about 1 tablespoon of frosting on top. For an even richer cream cheese flavor replace 8 tablespoons of butter with 2 ounces of brick cream cheese and 4 tablespoons of butter. Mix as directed above. Single 9-Inch Round Cake: Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease sides and bottom of pan with shortening or oil spray. Flour lightly. Mix as directed above. Bake at 350 degrees F for 32-37 minutes. High Altitude (over 3,500 ft): Cupcakes: Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Stir 1 tablespoon flour into mix. Mix as directed above. Bake at 350 degrees F for 18-23 minutes. Single 9-Inch Round Cake: Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease sides and bottom of pan with shortening or oil spray. Flour lightly. Stir 1 tablespoon flour into mix. Mix as directed above. Bake at 350 degrees F for 28-33 minutes.