Halloween Cupcakes

Here is a spooky treat, perfect for Halloween!!

Ingredients:

• 200g Butter
• 200g Caster sugar
• 4 eggs
• 200g Odlums Self-raising flour
• 2 tbsp Coole Swan

Topping:

• 200g/ 7oz orange ready-to-roll coloured fondant icing
• Instant royal icing sugar for dusting
• 55g/ 2oz black ready-to-roll coloured fondant icing
• Black cake writing icing pen
• Green cake writing icing pen

Method:

1. Put 24 paper baking cases in a muffin pan
2. Put butter, sugar, eggs and flour into a bowl. Using an electric hand whisker beat together. Add Coole Swan gradually until smooth. Spoon the mixture into the cases
3. Bake the cupcakes in a preheated oven at 180C/ 350F for 15-20mins until well-risen, golden-brown and firm to the touch. Allow to cool on a wire rack
4. Knead the orange icing and roll out on a surface dusted with icing sugar. Using a 5.5cm/ 2¼ inch plain round cutter, cut out 12 circles. Place a circle on top of each cupcake
5. Decorate pumkin faces with black pen and pumkin stalk with the green pen.

Enjoy!!