Brain And Eye Halloween Cupcakes

• 1 medium egg
• 125 g caster sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla essence
• 8 tbsp vegetable oil
• 250 ml buttermilk
• 1 None lemon, peeled and zested
• 250 g plain flour
• 2 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 1 tbsp raspberry jelly
• 120 g cream cheese
• 400 g icing sugar
• 6 None blue or green smarties
• None None brown and red icing sugar

1. Preheat oven to 350u0b0F. Line a 12 cup muffin pan with paper liners. Mix egg, sugar, vanilla, oil, buttermilk, lemon zest and 1 tbsp lemon juice. Fold in flour, baking powder and baking soda. Distribute batter between paper liners and bake for 20-25 mins. Allow to cool for 10 mins in the pan before removing to cool on a wire rack.
2. For the frosting, melt jelly and allow to cool slightly. Whisk together cream cheese, 1 tbsp lemon juice and powdered sugar. Set aside 1/3 of the frosting and add cooled jelly into the remaining 2/3.
3. Spread 1/2 the cupcakes with white frosting and decorate with smarties and brown and red icing to look like eyes. Transfer the pink frosting to a piping bag and pipe onto remaining muffins to look like brains.

egg, caster sugar, vanilla, vegetable oil, buttermilk, lemon, flour, baking powder, baking soda, raspberry jelly, cream cheese, icing sugar, green smarties, brown

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