Easy Halloween Cupcakes
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Serves: 24
 
Ingredients
  • 250g unsalted butter
  • 250g caster sugar
  • 200g self raising flour
  • 50g cocoa powder
  • 5 eggs
  • *FOR THE ORANGE FROSTING*
  • 250g butter
  • 100g cream cheese
  • 500g icing sugar
  • orange food colouring
  • *DECORATIONS*
  • Large bag of Rowntrees Randoms Spooky Mix
Instructions
  1. Pre heat the oven to 180oC /160oC (fan)
  2. LIne 2 muffin tins with 24 cupcake cases
  3. Cream the butter and sugar together for about 5 minutes
  4. Add the eggs and 2 tbsp of flour (to prevent curdling) and beat well for a further 2 minutes
  5. Fold in the remaining flour and the cocoa powder
  6. Pour into the cupcake cases
  7. Bake in the oven for approx 20-25 minutes until cooked right through
  8. Remove from the oven and allow to cool completely before adding the buttercream
  9. *TO MAKE THE FROSTING*
  10. Beat the butter in a bowl - I did mine in my Kenwood mixer - to soften it
  11. Add the cream cheese and half of the icing sugar and beat, then adf the remaining icing sugar and the some orange food colouring - add as much as you think you need to give the shade of orange you prefer
  12. Mix until you have a lovely smooth consistency
  13. Fill 2 piping bags (I mine are small)
  14. Top each cupcake
  15. Then add a sweet to each one as decoration and your easy Halloween cakes are ready
Recipe by Mummy Mishaps at http://www.mummymishaps.co.uk/2014/10/easy-halloween-cupcakes.html