Decorated Scary Halloween Cupcakes
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)
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.