Creepy Cupcakes

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A sweet addition to the Halloween buffet.

I made some deliciously moist Red Velvet Cupcakes. Red Velvet is a chocolate sponge, slightly sharp with buttermilk, and coloured a vivid red.

Instead of the traditional cream-cheese frosting that usually accompanies red velvet, these cupcakes, sat in pretty purple cases, were frosted with an orange buttercream, and topped with edible green glitter – all the Halloween colours!

Red Velvet Cupcakes

Serves 12
Meal type Dessert

Ingredients

  • 60g Unsalted Butter
  • 150g Caster Sugar
  • 1 Egg
  • 125ml Buttermilk
  • red food colouring
  • 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
  • ½ teaspoon Bicarbonate of Soda
  • 125g Plain Flour
  • 1 Dessertspoon Cocoa Powder
  • 1 teaspoon salt

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 180 C / Gas mark 4. Line a muffin tin with 12 paper cases.
2. Beat the butter and sugar until light, pale and fluffy.
3. Mix together the eggs, buttermilk, red food colouring and vanilla. Add to the sugar mixture a little at a time.
4. Sift together the bicarb, flour and cocoa powder. Stir in the salt, then add into the mixture. If using a machine, do this but until just until blended. Don't over beat or you will beat out all the air you incorporated.
5. Bake for 20-25 minutes until the tops spring back when lightly pressed, or an inserted skewer comes out clean. Cool in the tin set over a wire rack.
6. Top with a cream cheese or buttercream frosting

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