Spooky & Delicious Halloween Pumpkin Cupcakes
These spooky and delicious Halloween pumpkin cupcakes are perfect for a festive treat, featuring a moist pumpkin spice cake topped with a creamy orange-tinted cream cheese frosting.
Equipment
- Mixer
- Muffin tray
- wire rack
- Stand mixer
- Piping bag
Ingredients
Cupcakes
- 200 g unsalted butter
- 250 g sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 80 ml milk
- 180 g pumpkin purée canned or fresh
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 300 g self raising flour
- ½ tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- ¼ tsp nutmeg
- ¼ tsp clove
- ⅛ tsp salt
Frosting
- 360 g cream cheese
- 100 g unsalted butter
- 160 g icing sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- ⅛ tsp salt
- orange food coloring gel
- icing eyes
Instructions
Cupcake Preparation
- Beat the unsalted butter and sugar together in a mixer on medium speed for two minutes until the mixture is fluffy.
- Add the eggs, milk, vanilla extract, and pumpkin puree, then mix until all ingredients are well combined.
- Incorporate the flour, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg, clove, and salt into the wet mixture, mixing until the batter is smooth.
- Line a muffin tray with paper cups, fill each with approximately two tablespoons of batter (ensuring it's more than halfway full), and bake in a preheated 180ºC (350ºF) oven for about 22 minutes.
- Remove the cupcakes from the oven and allow them to cool completely on a wire rack for approximately 30 minutes.
Frosting & Garnish
- Prepare the frosting by mixing cream cheese, icing sugar, unsalted butter, vanilla extract, and salt on high speed with a stand mixer's whisk attachment until combined, gradually adding orange food coloring to achieve your desired shade.
- Transfer the frosting to a piping bag and chill in the fridge for at least 30 minutes; once cooled, pipe onto the cupcakes, add icing eyes, and serve.
Notes
Ensure cupcakes are completely cool before frosting to prevent melting. Adjust orange food coloring gradually to achieve your desired spooky shade.