Halloween Cupcakes.

Serves 9 larger cupcakes and 12 small
Ingredients:

110g Butter or Margarine at room temp
110g Caster Sugar
110g Self Raising Flour
2 Eggs
1 Teaspoon Vanilla Extract
1-2 Tablespoons of Milk

Buttercream Icing:

140g Butter at room temp
280g Icing Sugar
1-2 Tablespoon of Milk
A Few Drops of Food Colouring

 

Method:

Pre heat the oven to 180ºC.

Cream your butter in your mixing bowl, then add in the sugar and mix until pale and fluffy.

Gradually beat in the eggs. Then fold in the flour and add in the milk. Add the vanilla extract.

Separate your mixture into two bowls, then add in your food colouring.

Spoon some of each mixture into the cupcake case, then taking a cocktail stick, slowly mix the colours together to create a marble effect.

Place on a baking tray and put in your oven for 10-15 minutes. To check if they are done, pierce through the center on the cake with a skewer and if it comes out clean that means it's done.

Whilst they are cooling, start on the icing.

Cream the butter, then gradually add the icing sugar, then milk and finally the food colouring.

Now fill your piping bag and start icing. Then add your decorations and you're done.

Grab a drink, put a scary film on and you are sorted for the eve.

The marbling didn't turn out quite the way we hoped, we didn't put enough black food colouring in as we didn't want it to change the flavour. It tastes lovely!