Halloween cupcakes are the recipe that won the Halloween dessert contest, prepared by the page SemplicementeInCucina. A delicious and fun idea to decorate delicious cocoa cupcakes with Halloween-themed sugar paste decorations, especially for those with children at home, it will be fun to prepare them.
- Difficulty: Easy
- Cost: Cheap
- Preparation time: 15 Minutes
- Portions: 6
- Cooking methods: Oven
- Cuisine: American
- Seasonality: Halloween
Ingredients
- 1/3 cup all-purpose flour
- 3 tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder
- 3 tbsp butter
- 1 egg
- 3 tbsp sugar
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 tbsp vanilla extract
- as needed heavy cream
- as needed sugar paste
- food coloring
Tools
- Mixer
- 6 Cupcake Liners for cupcakes
- Pastry Bag
Preparation
Start by whisking the softened butter with the sugar and vanilla extract. Add the egg and continue to mix, then add the sifted flour, cocoa, and finally the baking powder, working until you get a homogeneous mixture. Fill the colorful paper molds with the mixture for 3/4 and bake in a preheated oven at 350°F for about 20 minutes, always doing the toothpick test before taking them out.
Let the cupcakes cool.
In different bowls, mix the food coloring with the cream to get more color variants and decorate the cupcakes with the pastry bag. Get creative with the sugar paste to create Halloween-themed decorations to place on top.
Tips
I recommend visiting her Instagram page semplicementeincucina and trying her cupcake recipe, and let us know how they turned out in the comments below.
Also check out:
Recipes from the Nature and Cuisine contest: Savory and Sweet.
