How to make Halloween Skull Cupcakes in a spooky cake tin!

This cake tin is perfect for Halloween! Please tag me if you make some skulls, be creative and go all out - it's soooooo much fun!

  / julietsear  


-- Recipe

Red Velvet Cupcakes:
Makes just over 24 cupcakes (expect a few less, the skulls are a bit bigger!)


225g self raising flour
180g softened butter
160g golden caster sugar
175ml buttermilk
2 eggs
2 tsp red food colouring paste mixed with 100ml hot water
2 tbsp cocoa powder
2 tsp vanilla extract
1 tsp salt
1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
1.5 tsp white vineger

Preheat oven to 180 degrees. Get all the cakes in tins ready and put in the oven together at once because these cakes will not work if you open the oven at all for 20 minutes minimum. These will take about 20-25 mins.

Cream your butter, sugar together until pale light and fluffy

Beat eggs in gently one at a time thoroughly mixing each one in

In a small bowl or jug mix the cocoa powder, vanilla extract and red food colouring water into a paste. Add to the cake batter and beat well.

Add salt to the buttermilk and stir. Add to the cake batter in 3 parts, alternating with the flour. With each addition, beat until ingredients are incorporated but don’t overbeat.

In a small bowl mix the vinager and bicarbonate of soda and add to the batter. Using a spatula scrape down the bowl to get all the batter mixed and beat the nmix until smooth.

Pop into the cupcake cases and bake for 20 mins without opening the oven AT ALL. Check after 20 mins and they may need another 5 the knife should come out clean.



Cream Cheese Frosting:
100g soft unsalted butter
200g icing sugar
1 tsp vanilla bean paste
2 heaped tbsp cream cheese

Whisk the unsalted butter & icing sugar together until pale and creamy.

Add the vanilla bean paste and whip again.

Add room temp cream cheese and mix in.

You'll also need some sugar paste for covering the skulls, a bit of jam to stick it on and then royal icing coloured to suit!


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