Makes: 24-27 servings
Prep Time: 10 min.
Cook Time: 15 min.
Ingredients
Chocolate cupcakes
- 2 cups (400g) granulated sugar
- 1 3/4 cups (210g) all-purpose flour
- 3/4 cup (75g) unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 1/2 teaspoons (7g) baking powder
- 1 1/2 teaspoon (7g) baking soda
- 1 teaspoon (6g) kosher salt
- 2 large eggs
- 1 cup (240 ml) whole milk
- 1/2-cup (120 ml) vegetable oil
- 2 teaspoons (10 ml) vanilla extract
- 3/4 cup (180 ml) boiling water
- 1/4 cup (40 ml) coffee concentrate
Cafe' Butter cream frosting
- 1 cup (240g) unsalted butter, room temperature
- 2 1/2 cups (250g) confectioner's sugar
- 2 tablespoons (30 ml) coffee concentrate
- 1-2 drops orange food colouring
Decoration
- 48 - 54 candy eyes
- Licorice string
- 36 Oreo biscuits
Method
Chocolate cupcakes
- Preheat oven to 180 degrees .
- Line muffin tins with paper liners.
- In a large mixing bowl of your whisk together sugar, flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt. set aside.
- To the bowl, add the eggs, milk, oil and vanilla. Using a hand mixer, beat on medium for 1 min. With a large spoon or spatula, stir in boiling water and coffee. Note, the batter will be thin.
- Fill liners 2/3 full with batter. Bake for 15-17 min. Remove cupcakes from tin to a wire rack to cool. Cool completely before frosting.
Cafe' Butter cream frosting
- In a medium bowl, add the butter start to whip with a hand mixer on medium speed for 1 min.
- Add confectioners’ sugar 1/2 cup at a time, continuing to whip. Add coffee concentrate and blend well.
- Halve the icing and add 1-2 drops of orange food colouring to frosting.Ready to use immediately or refrigerate for later use
Decoration
- Add a small amount of butter cream frosting to the back of the candy eyes and stick on the 24 Oreo biscuits.
- For the remainder 12 Oreo biscuits, twist them apart and scrap off and discard the internal icing. Slice the biscuits in half.
- To decorate a bat, place one Oreo vertical onto the cupcake frosting, followed by the sliced biscuit slightly behind for the bat’s wings.
- To decorate a spider, cut 8 little sider legs out of the liquorice string and place them onto the cupcake frosting. Place a whole Oreo biscuit on top.
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Tags: Recipes
Tools: Stand Mixers