Spooky Character Cupcakes

Method

Make it together.

1. Preheat oven to 180u00b0C/350u00b0F/Gas Mark 4. Line a cupcake tin with baking cases.
2. Cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Gradually beat in the eggs, adding a little flour if the mixture starts to curdle. Fold in the remaining flour and cocoa powder with a metal spoon.
3. Spoon the mixture into the baking cases and bake for 15-20 minutes until well risen and firm to the touch. Remove from the oven, transfer to a wire rack and leave to cool.
4. To decorate, first make the buttercream by beating together the butter and icing sugar until a soft, smooth mixture is formed. Add 2 tsp of the desired colour.
5. For pumpkins, pipe buttercream using a large round nozzle to create pumpkin sections. Use Regal Ice White, green buttercream and black ready to roll icing to make faces.
6. For skeletons, cover cupcake in white ready-to-roll icing, then use Dr. Oetker White Designer Icing to stick. Make edible paint using water and black gel colour and draw on eye and mouth details.
7. For cyclops monsters, pipe buttercream using a star nozzle to make a furry effect monster face, then decorate using black and white ready-to-roll icing to make a round single eye and little teeth.
8. For the devils, pipe buttercream onto cupcake with a large round nozzle to create a whipped red peak. Take a tiny amount of black ready-to-roll icing and cut in half before forming two small horn shapes to stick into the buttercream.