Witches’ Brew Halloween Cupcakes
These darling little Halloween cauldron cupcakes are perfect for all your ghosts and goblins! A tasty yummy moist cupcake with creamy buttercream frosting!
Ingredients
Cupcakes
- 1 chocolate box cake mix
- 4 eggs
- 1 small box instant pudding mix
- 1/2 cup oil
- Substitute Whole Milk or Buttermilk for water on back of box
Special Butter Cream Frosting
- 1/2 cup shortening
- 1/2 cup butter softened
- 4 cups powder sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 3 oz. heavy whipping cream
- Green Food Coloring
- Black Cupcake liners
- 24 thin pretzel sticks
- Halloween Candy Decor eyes, bones, bats, and green balls.
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°
- In the bowl of mixer add cake mix, 4 eggs, buttermilk, oil, and pudding mix. Mix on low for 2-3 minutes until well blended. Scraped down bowl. Mix an additional 2 minutes.
- Line muffin tin with cupcake liners. Fill cupcake liners 2/3 full.
- Bake for 18-20 minutes until cakes are done and spring back when gentle pushed in the center.
- Remove from oven and cool.
Buttercream Frosting
- Add butter and shortening to mixing bowl. Blend on low speed until creamed together. Add 4 cups of powder sugar, salt, and vanilla. Mix until blended. Slowly add heavy whipping cream. If frosting is still too stiff add additional whipping cream until desired consistency is reached. Add 3-5 drops of green food coloring.
- Place frosting in a pastry bag with a #12 round tip and place dots all over the top of the cupcake. Change tip to #9 and add additional dots to fill in spaces on top of cupcakes. Place pretzel in cupcake for stir stick and add sprinkles to decorate.
- Makes 24 cupcakes.
Nutrition
Serving: 1gCalories: 489kcalCarbohydrates: 78gProtein: 6gFat: 18gSaturated Fat: 7gPolyunsaturated Fat: 10gCholesterol: 50mgSodium: 628mgFiber: 1gSugar: 46g
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