Halloween Cupcakes

Happy Halloween everybody! It's been a long time since I have posted so I thought it would be great to mark the start of my comeback to blogging, with none other than a Halloween Baking post! As you guys already know, my sister Laura and I love baking, particularly for special occasions! So whenever Halloween is nearing, we whip out our baking utensils and ingredients and start whisking away! 

Ingredients

50g unsalted butter, softened
180g caster sugar
100g plain flour
60g cocoa powder
2 teaspoons baking powder
160ml milk
1 egg
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
100g chocolate chips

For the icing

250g unsalted butter, softened

500g icing sugar

1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

2 x  Dr. Oetker orange gel colouring

To decorate

raspberry jam
Halloween-themed sweets

Method
Preheat your oven to 180 Degrees Celsius / 350 Degrees Fahrenheit / Gas Mark 4 and line the cupcake / muffin tray with paper cases.
In a bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy.

Fold in the flour, cocoa powder and baking powder, then slowly add the milk, mixing as you go.

Crack in the egg, add the vanilla extract and beat until smooth, before adding the chocolate chips.

Spoon the mixture evenly between the cupcake cases, and bake for 15 minutes until springy to touch. Transfer to a wire rack to cool.

Once cool, make the icing. In a bowl, combine all icing ingredients until smooth and consistent.

Make a hole in the middle of each cupcake and fill with jam.

Pipe or spoon the icing on top of each cupcake, and decorate with your favourite Halloween treats.

These Halloween Cupcakes are super easy to make and they are so cute! Let me know in the comments below what your favourite thing to bake at Halloween is. Laura and I had so much fun baking these cupcakes! I hope you all have an amazing Halloween!

Thank you for reading this blog post, I hope you enjoyed it. 

Lucille Xox98