Halloween Cupcakes

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Make a spooky statement this Halloween with these ghoulish green and 'orrible orange cupcakes! Flavour however you like (we love Pumpkin Spice flavouring drops!) and decorate with Cacao Barry Noir Intense Cocoa Powder, or your choice of Halloween Chocolate Plaques, and your bakery window will look boo-tiful! 

How to Make Frightfully Good Halloween Cupcakes: 

1. Preheat the oven to 190°C (fan)   

2. Mix together the sugar, salt, eggs, oil, milk and vanilla, and set aside   

3. In a separate bowl, mix the flour and baking powder   

4. Pour the wet ingredients into the dry and mix well   

5. Add small amounts of E Free Orange Coloured Cocoa Butter until desired colour is achieved, and mix until dispersed   

6. Spoon into muffin cases until 2/3 full   

7. Bake at 190°C for 18-23 minutes until golden brown, and a skewer comes out clean   

8. Take out of the oven and allow to cool for 5-10 minutes before transferring to a cooling rack   

TIP: Swap the vanilla for a flavouring oil of your choice - we love Pumpkin Spices Spice Drops!

Topping   

1. Warm the Callebaut W2 Crema gently in the microwave for around 10-20 seconds
2. Transfer into a stand mixer with a whisk attachment, add the E Free Green Coloured Cocoa Butter and whip until aerated slightly    
3. Place the mix in a piping bag with a piping nozzle of choice, and pipe onto the cooled, baked muffins  
4. Decorate however you like! 

Enjoyed this recipe? For an even spookier treat, switch the green coloured cocoa butter in the Crema for Non-Azo Black Coloured Cocoa Butter, and pipe white chocolate on top to look like spiders, or hide a scoop of strawberry jam or White Chocolate Creme dell'Artigiano mixed with red coloured cocoa butter inside, for a spine-tingling surprise!