Decorated Scary Halloween Cupcakes
Healthy, because
Even smarter
An extremely important element of a healthy diet is moderation. These are a delightful thing to treat yourself with, especially on a holiday. They are high in calories, fat, and sugar, but they still contain energizing carbs and healthy fats from the dairy.
Decorate these with your kids for a fun, Halloween activity!
Ingredients
- For the cupcakes
- ¾ cup butter
- 1 cup light brown sugar
- 3 eggs (beaten)
- 2 Tbsps black Molasses
- 1 ½ cups self-rising flour (sifted)
- 2 tsps Ginger powder
- 2 Tbsps Almond flour
- ⅛ cup cream
- For the buttercream
- ⅔ cup unsalted butter
- 3 cups powdered sugar
- vanilla extract
- To decorate
- red piping icing
- brown piping icing
- mini Marshmallow
- chocolate Candy
- Matchmakers chocolate twig candy (cut into pieces)
- 2 Tbsps Milk chocolate (finely grated)
Kitchen utensils
Preparation steps
For the cupcakes: preheat the oven to 350°F. Place paper liners in a 12 quantity muffin tin.
Spoon into the paper liners and bake for 20 minutes until springy to the touch. Cool in the tins for 5 minutes, then place on a wire rack to cool completely.
Spread the buttercream on top of the cakes.
Decorate with chocolate candies for the 'eyes'; pipe red piping icing for the' mouths'; pipe 2 dots of brown piping icing for the' noses' and lines as in the photo.
Place a few chocolate candies above the 'eyes' and press in the chocolate twig candies for the 'hair'.
Attach mini marshmallows with cocktail sticks. Dust the white buttercream topped cakes with the grated chocolate
