Treat your little monsters with these fun and easy Monster cupcakes - perfect for kids party food and Halloween baking!
I've been very busy creating lots of fun Halloween baking ideas for kids recently and here's my third and final easy Halloween cupcake recipe for you this year. Earlier I shared my Pumpkin Themed Cupcakes and Mummy Cupcakes, and this fun Halloween themed cupcake recipe is for easy monster cupcakes!
Monster cupcakes aren't just for Halloween though - you can serve these fun Monster themed cupcakes at any time of year, so they're perfect if you're looking for Monster themed food for a Monster birthday party!
I used orange and green food colourings for my monster cupcakes, but you could use any colour of your choice - why not make a whole rainbow of monster cupcakes, or choose colours to match your party theme?
Easy Monster Cupcakes
Ingredients (makes 12 cupcakes):
For the cupcakes:
- 175g softened butter
- 175g golden caster sugar
- 3 large eggs
- 150g self raising flour
- 50g cocoa powder
- 1 level tsp baking powder
- 2 Tbsp milk
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
For the butter icing:
- 100g softened butter
- 225g icing sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 Tbsp milk
- orange and green gel food colouring
To decorate:
- large and small edible candy eyes
Method:
Preheat the oven to 180°C (Gas mark 4/350°F). Line a 12 hole muffin tin with 12 cupcake cases.
Place the butter in a mixing bowl and whisk together with the caster sugar until light and fluffy. Break the eggs into a bowl and lightly whisk with a fork. Add the eggs a little at a time to the butter and sugar mix, whisking in between.
Sift the flour, cocoa powder and baking powder on top, and using an electric whisk on a low speed, gently blend the ingredients together.
Add the milk and vanilla extract and blend again. Increase the mixer speed and whisk for a few more seconds until well mixed.
Divide the cake mixture between the cupcake cases. Bake for 20-25 minutes until risen and springy to the touch. Once the cakes are cooked, transfer to a wire rack to cool.
When ready to decorate, make the buttercream icing:
Whisk the butter with an electric whisk until light and fluffy. Sift in the icing sugar, a little at a time, until completely combined. Add the vanilla extract and whisk again. Add the milk in small splashes until the icing is at the correct consistency for piping.
Split the buttercream between two bowls, then add the orange and green gel food colourings and stir well until each colour is even.
Once the cakes are completely cool, spoon the green buttercream into a piping bag with a star piping nozzle. Pipe a swirl of green icing onto the top of half of the cupcakes.
Repeat with the orange buttercream, adding swirls of orange icing to the remaining cupcakes.
Add edible candy eyes to the buttercream swirls to turn your cupcakes into monsters.
Serve and enjoy!
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Easy Monster Cupcakes
Ingredients
For the cupcakes:
- 175 g softened butter
- 175 g golden caster sugar
- 3 large eggs
- 150 g self raising flour
- 50 g cocoa powder
- 1 level tsp baking powder
- 2 Tbsp milk
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
For the butter icing:
- 100 g softened butter
- 225 g icing sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 Tbsp milk
- orange and green gel food colouring
To decorate:
- large and small edible candy eyes
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 180°C (Gas mark 4/350°F). Line a 12 hole muffin tin with 12 cupcake cases.
- Place the butter in a mixing bowl and whisk together with the caster sugar until light and fluffy. Break the eggs into a bowl and lightly whisk with a fork. Add the eggs a little at a time to the butter and sugar mix, whisking in between.
- Sift the flour, cocoa powder and baking powder on top, and using an electric whisk on a low speed, gently blend the ingredients together.
- Add the milk and vanilla extract and blend again. Increase the mixer speed and whisk for a few more seconds until well mixed.
- Divide the cake mixture between the cupcake cases. Bake for 20-25 minutes until risen and springy to the touch. Once the cakes are cooked, transfer to a wire rack to cool.
- When ready to decorate, make the buttercream icing:
- Whisk the butter with an electric whisk until light and fluffy. Sift in the icing sugar, a little at a time, until completely combined. Add the vanilla extract and whisk again. Add the milk in small splashes until the icing is at the correct consistency for piping.
- Split the buttercream between two bowls, then add the orange and green gel food colourings and stir well until each colour is even.
- Once the cakes are completely cool, spoon the green buttercream into a piping bag with a star piping nozzle. Pipe a swirl of green icing onto the top of half of the cupcakes.
- Repeat with the orange buttercream, adding swirls of orange icing to the remaining cupcakes.
- Add edible candy eyes to the buttercream swirls to turn your cupcakes into monsters.
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