Halloween cupcakes

We have come to that SPOOKY time of year again, that's right, Halloween! Eloise and I thought we would make this month a Halloween special so every post will contribute to making your Halloween the best yet!

First up is.....

HALLOWEEN CUPCAKES!!

 

Ingredients:

110g/4oz butter or margarine

110g/4oz caster sugar

2 free-range eggs

1 tsp vanilla extract

110g/4oz self-raising flour

1-2 tbsp milk

 

Frosting:

60g butter

60g cream cheese

240g icing sugar

1tsp vanilla extract

dark green, black and orange food colouring

 

1. Preheat the oven to 180C/350F/Gas 4 and line a 12-hole muffin tin with paper cases.
2. Cream the butter and sugar together in a bowl until pale. Beat in the eggs a little at a time and stir in the vanilla extract.
3. Fold in the flour, adding a little milk until the mixture is of a dropping consistency. Spoon the mixture into the paper cases until they are half full.
4. Bake in the oven for 10-15 minutes, or until golden-brown on top and a skewer inserted into one of the cakes comes out clean. Set aside to cool for 10 minutes.
5. In a large mixing bowl, cream the butter and cream cheese until smooth, you can do this by hand if use an electric mixer if you are too lazy (like me!)
6. When it is smooth gradually add the icing sugar and continue to cream until light and fluffy.,
7. Mix in  the vanilla extract.
8. Put 2 scoops of the frosting into a separate bowl and add dark green food colouring (you only need a few drops).
9. Put 1 scoop of the frosting into a separate bowl and add black food colouring.
10. Put orange food colouring into the remaining frosting .
11. Use the orange to layer the whole of he cupcake, making it look like a pumpkin.
12. Use the green to pipe a pumpkin stalk at the top of each cupcake.
13. Use the black to draw SCARY faces!!!!

Enjoy!!!!

Chin up, keep smiling and always be yourself

xox