Halloween Skeleton Cupcakes
- 3/4 cup butter softened
- 1 1/4 cups caster sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
- 4 medium eggs
- 3 3/8 tablespoons semi-skimmed milk
- 1 3/4 cups plain flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 7/8 cup dark chocolate chopped into small bits
- 3 liquorice laces
- 1 1/4 cups icing sugar
- 3 tablespoons lemon juice
- Heat the oven to 350u0b0F. Line a 12 cup muffin pan with paper liners. Cream the butter, sugar, vanilla extract and a pinch of salt. Add the eggs, 1 at a time, followed by the milk. Fold in the flour, baking powder and chopped chocolate then distribute the batter evenly between muffin liners. Bake for about 20 mins. Remove from the oven and cool on a wire rack.
- Mix the powdered sugar with the lemon juice and stir until smooth. Spread about 1 tbsp icing onto each cupcake and decorate with the licorice pieces. Allow the icing to set for about 1 hour before serving.
butter, caster sugar, vanilla essence, eggs, semiskimmed milk, flour, baking powder, chocolate, icing sugar, lemon juice
Taken from www.yummly.com/recipe/Halloween-Skeleton-Cupcakes-1411376 (may not work)