Prep time:
Cooking time: 20 minutes
Total time:
Serves: 12
200g self raising flour
200g sugar
200g softened butter
3 eggs
½tsp vanilla essence
1tbsp milk (more if needed)
For the frosting:
100g cream cheese
100g softened butter
120g icing sugar
½tsp vanilla essence
black, purple (and or other colours) food colouring
small pack black roll out fondant icing
mini marshmallows
strawberry laces and other sweets for decorating
These are surprisingly easy to make – to be quite honest, any combination of ghoulishly coloured icing and lurid sweets will go down well. Let your imagination run wild and get monstrously creative. Pre-heat oven to gas 4/160˚C. Line cupcake or muffin tin with paper cases. Add all the ingredients to a bowl and beat … Continue reading "Black Cat, Bat & Toothsome Cupcakes"
These are surprisingly easy to make – to be quite honest, any combination of ghoulishly coloured icing and lurid sweets will go down well. Let your imagination run wild and get monstrously creative.
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