Super Bowl Cupcakes

Since I already made chocolate Whoopie Pies today, I decided to go with vanilla cupcakes.

Ingredients:
2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/3 cups sugar
3 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup butter
1 cup low-fat milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 eggs

1) Combine dry ingredients in a large bowl. Add butter, milk and vanilla.
2) Mix with a mixer on low or by hand for 1 minute. Stop and scrape the bowl.
3) Add eggs. Continue mixing on low for another 30 seconds. Stop and scrape the bowl again. Mix for another minute on medium speed for 1 minute.
4) Fill 12-16 cupcake liners with the batter and bake for 15-20 minutes at 350 degrees.

Let the cupcakes sit in the pan for 10 minutes before removing them. Let them cool completely before frosting.

For the cupcakes with footballs on them, I used Betty Crocker Decorating Cake Icing White and Pillsbury Easy Frost Decadent Chocolate Fudge, both in cans.
Take the chocolate frosting and go up and down the cupcake for the football. Draw one stripe down the center and 5-6 small stripes perpendicular to the center stripe. These lines act as "laces" on a football.

For the yard line cupcakes, I used Betty Crocker Decorating Cake Icing White and Betty Crocker Decorating Cupcake Icing Ivy Green, both in cans.
Take the Green Icing and create little blots that look like grass. Use the White Icing and draw a stripe down the center. Then, draw a number 1-5 on the left side of the line and a 0 on the right side of the line. You have just created the 10, 20, 30, 40 or 50 yard line.