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Bewitched Halloween Cupcakes Recipe

4.5 from 64 reviews
  • Author: Julia
  • Prep Time: 10 min
  • Cook Time: 18 min
  • Total Time: 38 min
  • Yield: 18 cupcakes
  • Category: Dessert
  • Method: Baking
  • Cuisine: American

Description

Bewitched Halloween Cupcakes are festive chocolate cupcakes topped with vibrant multi-colored swirls of homemade buttercream frosting in spooky pink, blue, yellow, and black hues. Perfect for Halloween celebrations, these cupcakes combine rich chocolate flavors with bright, playful decoration using Wilton Color Right Food Coloring and a professional frosting technique for an impressive presentation.

Ingredients

Scale

Cupcake Base

  • 1 box Chocolate Cake Mix

Buttercream Frosting

  • 1-2 batches of The Best Buttercream Frosting (recipe as per your preferred source)
  • Wilton Color Right Food Coloring – Pink, Blue, Yellow, Black

Decorating Tools

  • Wilton 1M Frosting tip
  • Decorating bag

Instructions

  1. Prepare the Cupcakes: Follow the instructions on the chocolate cake mix box to make a batch of vanilla cupcakes. Bake them until done and let them cool completely before frosting.
  2. Make the Frosting: Prepare 1 to 2 batches of the Best Buttercream Frosting recipe, depending on how many cupcakes you plan to frost.
  3. Divide and Color Frosting: Once the frosting is ready, divide it into three parts. Assign approximately 1 cup for purple (mix of pink and blue coloring), 3/4 cup for green (mix of yellow and blue coloring), and 1/2 cup for black frosting. Use Wilton Color Right Food Coloring to achieve these colors.
  4. Apply Purple Frosting: Using the Wilton 1M tip and decorating bag, pipe one and a half circles of purple frosting around the edge of each cupcake to form the bottom swirl layer.
  5. Add Green Frosting: Pipe another one and a half circles of green frosting inside the purple layer, making this ring slightly smaller than the bottom layer.
  6. Finish with Black Frosting: Finally, pipe a third, smaller circle of black frosting on top. End this swirl with an upward peak flourish for a spooky effect.

Notes

  • The cupcakes are chocolate flavored and provide a rich base for the colorful, multi-layered buttercream swirls.
  • The frosting colors are designed to create a spooky Halloween theme with purple, green, and black layers.
  • The swirl technique with the Wilton 1M tip gives a professional and festive look that is perfect for Halloween parties.
  • Adjust the number of frosting batches according to the number of cupcakes you are decorating to ensure even coverage.

Nutrition

  • Serving Size: 1 cupcake
  • Calories: 320
  • Sugar: 28g
  • Sodium: 220mg
  • Fat: 15g
  • Saturated Fat: 8g
  • Unsaturated Fat: 6g
  • Trans Fat: 0.2g
  • Carbohydrates: 42g
  • Fiber: 2g
  • Protein: 3g
  • Cholesterol: 40mg

Find it online: https://lazydayrecipes.com/bewitched-halloween-cupcakes-recipe/