Pumpkin cupcakes recipe

Pumpkin cupcakes

These pumpkin-inspired cupcakes are a monstrously good Halloween party treat. They're so easy to make – all you need to do is to pipe orange icing onto mini chocolate muffins.

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  • Serves 12 (makes 12 cupcakes)
  • 40 mins to prepare
  • 262 calories / serving

Ingredients

  • 12 double chocolate mini muffins
  • 100g unsalted butter
  • 200g icing sugar
  • 10g orange gel food colour
  • chocolate flake
  • fizzy laces (we like sour apple)
  • 100g bourbon creams

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Each serving contains

Energy
1100kJ 262.0kcal
13%
Fat
10g
medium14%
Saturates
6g
high28%
Salt
0.2g
medium4%
Sugars
26g
high29%

of the Reference intake

Carbohydrate 41.5gProtein 3.1gFibre 1.4g

Method

  1. Arrange 12 double chocolate mini muffins on a tray.
  2. For the icing, beat the butter with an electric hand whisk. Spoon in the icing sugar, mixing until combined. Add the orange food colouring, mixing well.
  3. Spoon into a piping bag fitted with a medium round nozzle. From the outside of each cake, pipe a small pearl of icing and drag towards the centre. Repeat in a circle until no sponge is visible.
  4. Cut half a chocolate flake into 12 small pieces, and put one in the centre of each pumpkin. Top with the laces. Crush the bourbon creams, scatter over a tray and lay the pumpkins in the ‘earth’.

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