Tag: Cupcakes

Ghost Cupcakes

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Spookalicious Chocolate cupcakes!

Makes 12 delicious cupcakes.

Ingredients

  • 6oz butter
  • 6oz caster sugar
  • 3 large eggs
  • 5oz self-raising flour
  • 1oz cocoa powder
  • 600g icing sugar
  • 300g butter
  • 12 Large marshmallows
  • White roll out icing
  • Edible pen

Method

  1. Preheat your oven to 180ºC/ Gas Mark 4 and place 12 cupcake cases on to two trays.
  2. Mix together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
  3. Beat the eggs in a separate bowl and add to mixture.
  4. Add the flour and cocoa powder and mix.
  5. Pour the mixture equally into each case.
  6. Bake for 20 minutes or until knife comes out clean.
  7. While the cupcakes are cooling make the icing. Click here to make your own
  8. Pipe the icing onto the cakes with a star nozzle and place a marshmallow on top of the icing.
  9. Use a cutter to cut out circles for your ghosts and place over the marshmallows.
  10. Curve up the edges of the icing to make it look like a ghost.
  11. Add the faces.
  12. Serve and enjoy!

Vanilla Cupcakes

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Super easy to make and taste fab.

Makes 12 cupcakes

Ingredients

Method

  1. Preheat your oven to 150ºC/Gas Mark 2. Put the cupcake cases onto the tray.
  2. Mix together the butter and the sugar until it looks light and fluffy.
  3. Crack the eggs into a separate bowl and beat, then add the vanilla extract and mix in with the eggs.
  4. Add the flour and mix until all creamy.
  5. Add two teaspoons of mixture into each cupcake case.
  6. Bake for about 20-25minutes. (To test if cooked poke a small hole with a needle and if it comes out clean its cooked)
  7. (optional) When cool pipe the icing on top with a star nozzle.
  8. (optional) Add your own sprinkle or decoration on top.
  9. Enjoy!

Butterfly Cupcakes

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These cupcakes are easy to make, look great and taste amazing.

This recipe makes around 12 cupcakes.

Ingredients

  • 6oz Butter
  • 6oz Caster Sugar
  • 3 eggs
  • 5oz Self raising flour*
  • 1oz Cocoa powder*
  • Icing sugar (optional)
  • Buttercream icing  Click here to make your own

*if making vanilla cupcakes use 6oz self-raising flour and 2tsp vanilla extract.

Method

  1. Preheat oven to 150°C/Gas mark 2. Put the cupcake cases onto the tray.
  2. Mix together the butter and sugar until it looks light and fluffy.
  3. Crack the eggs into a cup and beat together then add them into the mixture.
  4. Add the flour and cocoa powder and mix it well until creamy.
  5. Pour the mixture equally into each cupcake case.
  6. Bake them for 20-25 minutes. Poke a knife into the middle of a cake and it should come out clean if fully cooked.
  7. When the cupcakes are cool, slice the top off (1-2cm thick) and cut them in half.
  8. Pipe on a layer of buttercream and place the two cake halves in it to create wings. (see picture)
  9. (Optional) Sprinkle icing sugar over the cake for added decoration.
  10. Enjoy!