Halloween Cupcakes
Halloween Cupcakes with chocolate sponge and orange frosting, and decorated with edible eyes and spider cobwebs, delicious Halloween treats for kids and grown-ups too. Quick and easy to make, the perfect sweet treat for your Halloween party.
Servings: 6 cupcakes
Calories: 525kcal
Ingredients
For the sponge
- 75 g butter, soft (⅓ cup)
- 75 g granulated sugar (⅓ cup +1 tsp)
- 2 eggs
- 75 g plain flour (½ cup)
- 1 tablespoon cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
For the icing
- 125 g butter, soft (½ cup + 1 tbsp)
- 2 tablespoon milk
- 250 g icing sugar (confectioners' sugar, 2 cups)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 teaspoon orange food colouring
- edible eyes for decorating
- edible spider webs
Instructions
- To make the sponges, add the soft butter and sugar to a bowl, and use a hand mixer to cream them together.
- Add the eggs one by one, mixing well after each addition.
- Sift in the flour and cocoa powder, then add the vanilla extract and use a spatula to mix.
- Line a 6-hole muffin tray with paper cases, and divide the batter evenly.
- Bake in the preheated oven at 200 degrees Celsius (390 Fahrenheit) for 20 minutes until the sponges are firm and a skewer inserted in the middle comes out clean.
- Leave to cool completely.
- To make the frosting, add the soft butter to a food processor together with the sifted icing sugar, vanilla extract, milk, and blitz to get a smooth paste - alternatively use a hand mixer to get the frosting.
- Add the food colouring and mix again.
- Add the frosting to a piping bag and decorate each cupcake, then make it spooky by using edible eyes or any other edible decoration.
Nutrition
Calories: 525kcal | Carbohydrates: 65g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 29g | Saturated Fat: 18g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 8g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 127mg | Sodium: 262mg | Potassium: 64mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 54g | Vitamin A: 920IU | Calcium: 25mg | Iron: 1mg