Description
These Bewitched Halloween Cupcakes feature rich chocolate cupcakes topped with vibrant, multi-colored swirls of homemade buttercream frosting in spooky Halloween colors. Perfectly festive and delicious, these cupcakes bring the perfect treat for any Halloween celebration.
Ingredients
Chocolate Cupcakes
- 1 box Chocolate Cake Mix
Buttercream Frosting
- 1-2 batches The Best Buttercream Frosting (recipe not included)
- Wilton Color Right Food Coloring - Pink
- Wilton Color Right Food Coloring - Blue
- Wilton Color Right Food Coloring - Yellow
- Wilton Color Right Food Coloring - Black
- Wilton 1M Frosting Tip
- Decorating Bag
Instructions
- Prepare Cupcakes: Follow the instructions on the chocolate cake mix box to bake a batch of vanilla cupcakes. Allow them to cool completely before frosting.
- Make Buttercream Frosting: Prepare 1-2 batches of the Best Buttercream Frosting recipe, depending on the number of cupcakes to be frosted.
- Divide Frosting: Divide the frosting into three portions using the following measurements: Purple - 1 cup, Green - 3/4 cup, Black - 1/2 cup.
- Create Colored Frostings: Color each portion of frosting: Purple by mixing 5 drops of pink and 2 drops of blue food coloring; Green by mixing 6 drops of yellow and 1 drop of blue; Black by adding 6 drops of black food coloring.
- Assemble Decorating Bag: Fit the decorating bag with the Wilton 1M frosting tip and load the three different colored frostings for swirling.
- Frost Cupcakes: For each cupcake, pipe a swirl of purple frosting forming one and a half circles around the edge of the cupcake. Next, add one and a half circles of green frosting that are slightly smaller and inside the purple swirl. Finally, add a third swirl of black frosting on top, finishing with an upward peak.
Notes
- Food Coloring Formulas:
- Purple: 5 drops of Pink Food Coloring, 2 drops of Blue Food Coloring
- Green: 6 drops of Yellow Food Coloring, 1 drop of Blue Food Coloring
- Black: 6 drops of Black Food Coloring
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 18 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
