'Spooky Fiesta' Cupcakes Recipe

¡Hello everyone! Today i want to share with you the ultimate cupcake recipe. It's easy, it's delicious and really spooky.

Im showing you four different kinds of cupcakes for you to decide which one of them to make or even better make all them. This is perfect for a halloween party or any spooky reunion.

¡Lets start!

Hope you like it :)

Utensils:

• Mixing bowl.
• Measuring spoons set.
• Spatula or electric whisk (its your choice)
• Cupcake tray.
• Cupcake paper cases.

Ingredients:

This ingredients make up for 12 cupcakes.

• 125gr Sugar
• 125gr all purpose flour.
• 2 large eggs
• 1tbp Vainilla Extract
• 2tbp baking powder
• 125gr Butter
• 1/2 cup of Milk
• Pinch of Salt
• Food Coloring (Purple, black, orange, red)

Preheat oven to 180C/375F and fill a 12 cupcake tray with cases.

1. Using a spatula or electric whisk beat softened butter and sugar together until pale and fluffy.
2. Then whisk in 2 large eggs, one at a time.
3. Mix until well combine.
4. Add the vanilla extract.
5. Mix the baking powder and salt with the flour.
6. Add them to the mixture.
7. Then add milk.
8. At last whisk everything until well combined.

Voila you have the base ready!

Note: Please see photos for the order of steps.

Because im making four different kinds of cupcakes i divided the mix in four different parts.If you want to make only one kind you can skip the first and second instruction. Only have in mind using the food coloring you want to bake the cupcakes.

1. Divide de mixture in four different parts.
2. Add food coloring and mix with a spoon. For this cupcakes i used purple, orange, black and red food coloring, 3 cupcakes for each color.
3. Then spoon the mixture into the cupcake cases.
4. Bake for 22 - 25 mins until golden brown and a skewer inserted into the middle of each cake comes out clean.
5. Leave to cool completely.

Utensils:

• Mixing bowl
• Electric whisk

• Measuring spoon

Ingredients:

This ingredients make up to frost 12 cupcakes.

• 150g softened butter (Room temperature)
• 300g icing sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 3 tbsp milk
• Food coloring

Instructions:

1. Whisk butter until super soft. Tip: Whisk for about five minutes, until the butter is really soft and the color has change to little-bit to white.
2. Then add the icing sugar, whisk together until smooth. Tip: start off slowly to avoid an icing sugar cloud and whisk for another 5 minutes.
3. At last add the milk.
4. Whisk together until you have a smooth consistency and the buttercream looks white (See example in las photo).

For this step you will need:

1. Buttercream
2. Food coloring
3. A decorating bag
4. Frosting tip

Instructions:

Because im making four different kinds of cupcakes i divided the buttercream in four different parts. If you want to make only one kind you can skip the first instruction. Only bare in mind using the food coloring you want to color the buttercream.

1. First divide the previous made buttercream in four different parts, set aside three parts and take one to divide again in two. The cupcake i made with this buttercream is the "Spooky Soup" (You can see it in the next step) so thats why i needed two colors for this, purple and green.
2. After coloring the buttercream i used a piping bag to decorate the cupcake.
3. Please see next steps to make one or all of the cupcakes in this instructable.

If you don't know how to assembly a piping bag please see this instructions below:

1. Pick your frosting tip.
2. Slip the frosting tip into the decorating bag.
3. Cut off the tip of the bag.
4. The opening of the bag should sit below the opening of the frosting tip.
5. Fold down the top of the decorating bag.
6. Hold bag and start spooning in your frosting.
7. Once filled, unfold the top of the decorating bag and gather the edges together.
8. Push frosting down toward the tip. Make sure you get out any air pockets.
9. Tie off the end.

To create this look:

1. Use the purple cupcakes.

2. Frosting:

How to decorate using a piping bag:

1. Add a dollop of buttercream in the center of the cupcake. Hold the bag perpendicular to the cupcake. Add some pressure to the piping bag and allow a little frosting to come out, then pull up and away and release the pressure.
2. Going around the dollop in the center, start frosting the cupcake around the edge. As you complete a full circle, move the piping bag slightly inward to create the next circle rotation.
3. Release the pressure and pull the bag away.

3. Decorations:

You will need:

• Ghost and eyes marzipan.
• Little gommies

Instructions:

For this cupcake i wanted to make a "soup of spooky things" that why i used eyes and a ghost of marzipan (i bought this in my local supermarket) to decorate. Also i used some little gummies to sparkle all over the cupcake.

To create this look:

1.Use the black cupcakes.

2. Frosting:

For this cupcake it's no necessary a piping bag.

1. Color the buttercream brown (To make brown i used black and red food coloring)
2. With a knife or spoon apply the frosting to the cupcake.

3. Decorations:

You will need:

• 10 oreo cookies without the filling
• Worm gummies
• Paper Rip Stones

Instructions:

1. Crush some oreos.
2. Spread them in the cupcake.
3. Take some worm gummies and place the on top of the cupcake.
4. Print some RIP stones (you can use the ones i used, please see attached photos, there is one of the RIP stones) and placed them in the cupcake with toothpicks or something that holds it.

To create this look:

1.Use the orange cupcakes.

2. Frosting:

1. Color the buttercream orange.
2. To frost the cupcake use the same steps as explained in the first cupcake (Spooky Soup).

Decoration:

You will need:

• Pumpkin marzipan

Instructions:

For this cupcake i wanted to make it simple and classy, thats why im only using a pumping marzipan at the top. (I bought the marzipan at my local supermarket).

For my last cupcake i needed some sugar glass that why im showing you how to make it!

Ingredients:

This amount makes up for 12 cupcakes.

• 2 cup sugar.
• 3/4 cup of water.
• 2/3 corn syrup.
• Optional: Candy thermometer

Instructions:

1. To begin, place water, sugar, corn syrup (liquid glucose) in a pot (or in my case, because im making a little amount, just for 3 cupcakes, i used a skillet).
2. With the heat set to medium-low gently stir the mixture until it starts to boil. Stir constantly until the thermometer reaches 300 F (150 C) or if you don't have the thermometer like me, when you start to see it's becoming yellow.
3. Once at 300 degrees, remove from heat and transfer immediately to a baking pan (lined with wax paper or sprayed with nonstick).
4. Allow it to sit until hardened (about 1-2 hours).
5. Crack with a knife or by letting the pan drop straight down.

To create this look:

1.Use the red cupcakes.

2. Frosting:

1. Use the buttercream without food coloring.
2. To frost the cupcake use the same steps as explained in the first cupcake (Spooky Soup).

Decoration:

You will need:

• Sugar glass
• Blackberry Jam

1. Use the previously made sugar glass and insert some pieces in each cupcake.
2. With a spoon add some blackberry jam or any kind of red jam you have on hand (i used blackberry jam that i had already on my house) on the top.

Here is the final look!

Hope you like it :)