Thursday, October 25, 2012

halloween themed cupcakes


Double Chocolate Halloween Cupcakes

Cupcakes are always a big hit around our house - and I like to theme them with holidays if I can. Last year I came across a blog post about spooky spiderweb cupcakes (Definitely Not Martha - one of my favorite blogs to read - I won't try 98% of her meal ideas because I am nowhere near as talented - but I like reading about them. My favorite chocolate cake recipe I got from one of her posts)

I absolutely fell in love with the chocolate cake recipe she is talking about in her post - however, I was short on time so I used a box. I attempted the icing recipe she used, and it was a big fail; instead I used the standard buttercream recipe that I generally make (from the pillsbury cookbook - 3/4 softened butter, 4 cups of icing sugar, 1 tsp vanilla and 2-4tbsp milk)

I made one pan of mini cupcakes and one pan of regular sized cupcakes. For the spider webs, I used a piping bag with the finest round tip that I had - once they were piped, I put them in the fridge to set - I did have trouble with some of them breaking - but I am still happy with how they turned out, and the kids loved them!

mini halloween cupcakes


11 comments:

  1. Love the spider webs. So creative!

    Besos, Sarah
    Zookeeper at Journeys of The Zoo

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  2. Spooktacular!!! Had to say it. What a fun addition to a cupcake.

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  3. Festive and very cute! I love it.

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  4. OMG I love these, I'm a total cupcake maker. It's my specialty! These are super cute, I especially love the spider web, so creative.

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  5. Adorable!!! I <3 your web topper:) Pinned

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  6. The ones that break are not a bad thing - you get to eat those!

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  7. Super cool! I may have to try these! Thanks for linking up!

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