Monster Cupcakes
You can make the cutest Monster Cupcakes with spooky eyes at home. They're so simple to make, plus they're moist and chocolatey with the yummiest homemade frosting. This recipe is so easy, the kids can help decorate!
Ingredients
FOR CUPCAKES:
- All-purpose flour - 1 & 1/2 cups 175 grams
- Cocoa powder - 1/2 cup 50 gram
- Baking powder - 1 & 1/2 tsp
- A pinch of salt
- Milk - 1/2 cup 125 ml
- Oil - 1/4 cup 75 ml
- Granulated Sugar - 1 cup 200 grams
- Eggs - 1 large
- Vanilla extract - 1 tsp
- Hot water - 1/2 cup 125 ml
FOR FROSTING:
- Unsalted Butter - 1 cup 226 grams
- Powdered Sugar - 2 & 1/2 cups 325 grams
- Fresh Cream - 3-4 tbsp
- Blue and Pink Gel Food Color
- Candy Eyes
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 F / 180 C and line your baking tray with cupcake liners.
- In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, cocoa powder, salt, and sugar.
- In another bowl, add oil, milk, vanilla extract, and egg. Blend well with a hand mixer.
- Slowly add the wet mixture to the dry mixture and mix well. Lastly, add the hot water in intervals and keep mixing till you get a smooth consistency.
- Scoop out the batter using an ice cream scoop, and fill your liners till 3/4 full.
Bake for 20-25 min or until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean. Let the cupcakes cool for 5 minutes in the baking tray before transferring them to a wire rack to cool completely. For Frosting and Assembling:
- In a bowl of a stand mixer or using a hand mixer, cream the butter until it's light and fluffy. Add powdered sugar (in 1/2 cup batches), and fresh cream and beat until you get a smooth and fluffy consistency (5-6 min).
- Divide the frosting into two bowls. Tint one half of the frosting with 4-5 drops of blue gel food color and tint the other half of the frosting with 3-4 drops of pink gel food color.
- Fill 2 individual piping bags with the tinted frosting and cut the tip of the bag using a clean scissor.
- Frost half of your cupcake with the blue frosting and the remaining with pink frosting, creating a tower of icing on each one.
- Stick candy eyes gently on the frosting using tweezers.
- Serve immediately and enjoy! Happy Halloween!!
Notes
•SPOOKY EYE MONSTER CUPCAKES stay fresh for 2-3 days when stored in an airtight container in the refrigerator. You can also store the extra frosting in the fridge for 4-5 days; allow it to come to room temperature before using it again. (Don’t decorate with candy eyes if you’re planning on storing these cupcakes)
•Use flavorless oils such as canola oil in cupcakes for the best results.
•You can make the cupcakes or use store-bought ones or you can even use a mix.
•Adjust the intensity of the colors till you get desired bright shade in the frosting.
•Piping the frosting and sticking eyes don’t have to be perfect. Just have fun!!
•Use flavorless oils such as canola oil in cupcakes for the best results.
•You can make the cupcakes or use store-bought ones or you can even use a mix.
•Adjust the intensity of the colors till you get desired bright shade in the frosting.
•Piping the frosting and sticking eyes don’t have to be perfect. Just have fun!!