Pumpkin Cupcakes

Spooky pumpkin cupcakes for Halloween.

https://www.cutoutandkeep.net/projects/pumpkin-cupcakes • Posted by Xanthe Milton

You will need

110 g /4 oz Unsalted Butter , room temperature 450 g /1 lb Icing Sugar For the icing : 100 g /3½ oz Pumpkin or butternut squash, grated 55 g /2 oz Sultanas 55 g /2 oz Pecans , roughly chopped 1 tsp Cinnamon 100 g /3½ oz Self-Raising Flour 1 tsp Vanilla Extract 160 ml Sunflower Oil 70 g /6 oz dark Muscovado Sugar 2 large Egg(s) 110 g /4 oz Cream Cheese 1 Orange(s) , juice and grated rind Orange Paste Food Coloring 48 black ‘bat Sprinkles

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Description

Eat Me is published by Ebury Press, £15 Hb. To purchase visit www.amazon.co.uk.

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 170°C/325°F/Gas 3. Line a 12-hole nonstick muffin tray with paper muffin cases.

2. Beat the eggs in a bowl with the sugar for a couple of minutes, then add the oil and vanilla extract. Fold in the flour and cinnamon, followed by the nuts, sultanas and pumpkin.

3. Divide the mixture between the paper cases. Bake in the centre of the preheated oven for 20–25 minutes. Remove and turn the cakes out onto a wire rack to cool.

4. To make the icing, sift the icing sugar into a bowl. Mix in the soft butter, cream cheese and orange juice and rind. Add a couple of drops of orange colouring so as to give a bright pumpkin colour.

5. When the cakes are cool, put some icing into a piping bag and pipe onto each cake. Pipe from top to bottom on either side of the cake, using a star nozzle. Then pipe from top to bottom two or three times again to fill in the middle, I used bat sprinkles to create the eyes and mouth.