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Purple Monster Cupcakes For Halloween

Halloween purple cupcakes decorated with monster eyes.

Prep Time
30 mins
Cook Time
30 mins
Total Time
55 mins
Servings: 12 cupcakes
Calories: 432 kcal
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American

Ingredients

Cupcakes:
  • 190 g softened butter
  • 190 g caster sugar
  • 1 Teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 3 Medium eggs
  • 190 g self-raising flour
  • Purple food colouring (add a little bit at a time until you get your desired colour)
Topping:
  • 85 g softened butter
  • 350 g icing sugar
  • 2-3 Tablespoons milk
  • 1 Teaspoon vanilla extract
  • Purple food colouring
  • 6 Tablespoons Edible candy eyes

Instructions

Cupcakes:
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  1. Preheat your oven to 180℃ (160℃ for fan ovens) and line a cupcake tin with 12 purple cases.
  2. In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until soft and fluffy then stir in the vanilla extract.
  3. Mix in the flour and the eggs, a little bit at a time, until you have a smooth, thick cake batter. Stir in the purple food colouring.
  4. Divide the batter between your 12 cases and bake for 20-25 minutes until a toothpick through the middle comes out clean. Transfer to a wire rack to cool.
Topping:
  1. Add the butter to a bowl. Mix in half of the icing sugar and half of the milk. Once smooth, add the rest of the icing sugar and the rest of the milk.
  2. Stir the vanilla extract and purple food colouring into the frosting then transfer it to a piping bag fitted with a small open star nozzle.
  3. Pipe small stars all over each cupcake then top with some edible eyes.

Notes

  • Store in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 5 days.

Nutrition Information

Serving 1cupcake Calories 432kcal (22%) Carbohydrates 56g (19%) Protein 3g (6%) Fat 20g (31%) Saturated Fat 12g (60%) Polyunsaturated Fat 1g Monounsaturated Fat 5g Cholesterol 41mg (14%) Sodium 18mg (1%) Potassium 21mg (1%) Sugar 45g (90%)

Nutrition Facts

Serving: 12cupcakes

Amount Per Serving

Calories 432

% Daily Value*

Serving 1cupcake
Calories 432kcal 22%
Carbohydrates 56g 19%
Protein 3g 6%
Fat 20g 31%
Saturated Fat 12g 60%
Polyunsaturated Fat 1g 6%
Monounsaturated Fat 5g 25%
Cholesterol 41mg 14%
Sodium 18mg 1%
Potassium 21mg 0%
Sugar 45g 90%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.