This Halloween with all three kids in college, I decided to make sweet treats for them to share with their roommates and dorm buddies! My husband and I drove to Charleston to give our youngest his take of the goods earlier this week, while the other two are venturing home (they are only 45 minutes away) for Halloween dinner. I am making our traditional Jack-o-lantern cheeseburger pie, I will post the recipe and photos when complete!
These Spook-tacular cupcakes are a breeze to make (especially if you use boxed cake mix) and taste sweeter than candy corn after being smothered in this “to die for” butter cream frosting!
Prepare cupcakes as directed on the box using 2 boxes of cake mix (I used 2 boxes of chocolate cake mix for my Spook-tacular cupcakes). I also used decorative paper cupcake liners I found on clearance. Using decorative cupcake liners adds an extra seasonal feel to your creations!
Let cupcakes cool on wire rack before frosting with the Deliciously Delectable Buttercream Frosting recipe below.
Deliciously Delectable Buttercream Frosting
Ingredients (makes 48 cupcakes)
2 pounds confectioners sugar
1/3 cup water *
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla flavoring
1 teaspoon butter flavoring
2 cups shortening
Directions
In large mixing bowl, add sugar, water, vanilla and butter flavorings and 1 cup of the shortening. Mix on low speed until well blended. Turn speed up to medium and mix an additional 2 minutes. Test frosting for consistency (* if frosting forms a ring around the top of the mixing bowl you might need to add water 1 tbsp. at a time to the mix). Using a spatula scrape the sides of the mixing bowl to incorporate any undiluted sugar to the mix. Mix and additional 2 minutes on medium speed. Add the last 1 cup of shortening to the mixture. Mix about 2 more minutes until creamy and smooth. Depending on the color of frosting you desire, you may add the color now and using a spoon stir the mixture to incorporate the color throughout. I used yellow and red icing colors until I reached the orange color I wanted for my Spook-tacular cupcakes.
I used a 16 inch disposable plastic piping bag and a Wilton’s 1M star tip to pipe the frosting onto the cupcakes.
After piping frosting on the cupcakes I showered brown and dark green sprinkles on each cupcake. Finishing my little creations with plastic bat & spider rings purchased at my local dollar store.
Boo-ya! Cute, delicious Spook-tacular cupcakes!
Moms Two Cents 