How to ... Bake Up a Batch of Wicked Cupcakes for Halloween

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Eerie eyeballs (Makes 12 cakes) Ingredients For the red velvet cakes: 60g unsalted butter, at room temperature 140g caster sugar 1 large egg, at room temperature 1/2tsp vanilla extract 4tbsp red food colouring Pinch of salt 30g cocoa 225g plain flour, sifted twice 120ml buttermilk 1/2tsp cider vinegar 1/2tsp bicarbonate of soda For the vanilla icing: 60g unsalted butter, at room temperature 4tbsp full-fat milk 1tsp vanilla extract 360g icing sugar 2tbsp double cream For the eyeballs: 250ml canned coconut milk 125g granulated sugar 5 sheets leaf gelatine Blue and black food colouring For the worms: Marzipan Copper food colouring Method Preheat the oven to 180C/gas 4. Line a 12-hole muffin pan with paper cases. Using an electric mixer, beat the butter and sugar together in a bowl until very light (about five minutes).

Beat in the egg until well incorporated. In a small separate bowl, beat the vanilla extract, colouring, salt, and cocoa into a thick paste. Beat into the butter mixture. With the mixer running on a slow speed, add the flour to the mixture in three parts, alternating with the buttermilk and beginning and ending with the flour.

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How to ... Bake Up a Batch of Wicked Cupcakes for Halloween

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