FOOD
Cauldron Cupcakes
Beware! These fiery frosted cauldrons are bursting with a molten chocolate center.
FOOD
Cauldron Cupcakes
Beware! These fiery frosted cauldrons are bursting with a molten chocolate center.
Ingredients
Cauldron Cupcakes
- 1 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
- 2 cups sugar
- 6 eggs, room temperature
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp salt
- ½ cup cocoa powder
- 1 ¼ cups buttermilk
- 1 cup chocolate chips
- 24 chocolate squares
- Mini marshmallows
- skull candies
- candy eyeballs
Buttercream
- 2 cups unsalted butter, room temperature
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 5 cups confectioner’s sugar
- red and orange food colouring
Steps
Cauldron Cupcakes
- Beat the butter and sugar with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Add the vanilla extract and eggs one at a time, beating with each addition.
- In a separate bowl, combine the flour, baking soda, salt and cocoa powder. Add this to the butter mixture in 2 additions, alternating with the buttermilk. Add the chocolate chips and mix well.
- Pour the batter into 12 silicone cauldrons. Stick 2 chocolate squares into the center of each cauldron.
- Bake at 350F for 20 minutes, then cool completely.
- To decorat, pipe dollops of buttercream onto the cupcakes to look like bubbling cauldrons. Decorate with some mini marshmallows, skull candies and candy eyeballs.
Buttercream
- Beat the butter with an electric mixer until pale and fluffy. Add the vanilla extract and mix well.
- Add the confectioner’s sugar one cup at a time, then beat for 3-5 minutes, until fluffy. Dye the buttercream orange.
- Add several drops of red food colouring and fold until it is swirled throughout the buttercream.
- Place the buttercream in a piping bag fitted with a large, round piping tip.