king cake cupcakes

Ingredients For king cake cupcakes

• yellow butter cake
• 1/4 lb

  butter
• 3/4 c

  sugar
• 1/8 tsp

  salt
• 2 lg

  eggs
• 1 1/4 c

  cake flour
• 1/2 Tbsp

  baking powder
• 3/4 c

  milk
• 1 tsp

  vanilla
• creole cream cheese filling with root beer
• 1 lb

  creole or regular cream cheese
• 1/2 c

  shortening
• 1/4 lb

  powdered sugar
• 1/4 tsp

  zatarain's root beer extract
• dried fava beans - set aside
• root beer frosting
• 1 lb

  powdered sugar
• 1/4 c

  butter
• 1/2 c

  shortening
• 1/4 c

  all purpose flour
• 1/4 c

  water
• 1 tsp

  zatarain's root beer extract
• pinch of salt