Monster Cupcakes
It’s Trick-or-Treat time! I don’t know about you but, I’ll take the treats over tricks any day! These Monster cupcakes are such a cute treat and will be perfect for your Halloween bash! They’re so easy to make and you can decorate them as cute or scary as you want. Make a tray of these little monsters and let the kids go nuts decorating them with various candies or keep it simple with eyeballs. Either way they will be a hit!
Ingredients:
Cupcake Ingredients:
- 1 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/8 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1 C sugar
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
- 1 large egg
- 2 large egg whites
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/3 C buttermilk
- purple gel food coloring
Frosting Ingredients:
- 4 C powdered sugar
- 1 C unsalted butter, room temp
- 4+ TBSP of heavy whipping cream
- Purple gel food coloring
- Candy eyes
Directions:
Cupcake Directions:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line cupcake pan with paper liners.
- Sift flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a medium bowl. Sit aside.
- Using an electric stand mixer whip the butter and sugar until pale and fluffy in the mixing bowl.
- Add in an egg, then the egg whites one at a time. Add the vanilla with the second egg white.
- Using a liquid measuring cup whisk the buttermilk and purple gel food coloring together.
- Start to mix 1/3 of the flour mixture alternating with 1/2 of the buttermilk mixture. Mix after each addition only until just combined.
- After all ingredients are blended scoop the batter into the paper lined cupcake pan until each tin is 3/4’s filled.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 20-25 minutes or until an inserted toothpick comes out clean.
- Allow cupcakes to cool in cupcake pan for 10 minutes.
- Remove cupcakes from pan and place each on a wire rack until completely cooled.
Frosting Directions:
- Cream the butter and powder sugar until it looks creamy.
- Add purple gel food coloring. Stir until the color in fully blended throughout all of the frosting.
- Test to see if the frosting can form and hold a stiff peak by taking a spoonful of frosting and turning the spoon upside down. If the frosting stays on the spoon it is ready if not then….
- Add more powder sugar 1/2 C at a time…. mix well.
- If ready scoop the frosting into the pastry bag with a large star tip.
- Twist the open end of the pastry bag to push the frosting to the tip.
- Frost from the cupcake edges inward to the center of the cupcake with a straight down with the tip.
- Position the candy eyes on the top of the frosted cupcake.
Halloweeny Monster Cupcakes
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/8 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1 C sugar
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
- 1 large egg
- 2 large egg whites
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/3 C buttermilk
- purple gel food coloring
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line cupcake pan with paper liners.
- Sift flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a medium bowl. Sit aside.
- Using an electric stand mixer whip the butter and sugar until pale and fluffy in the mixing bowl.
- Add in an egg, then the egg whites one at a time. Add the vanilla with the second egg white.
- Using a liquid measuring cup whisk the buttermilk and purple gel food coloring together.
- Start to mix 1/3 of the flour mixture alternating with 1/2 of the buttermilk mixture. Mix after each addition only until just combined.
- After all ingredients are blended scoop the batter into the paper lined cupcake pan until each tin is 3/4’s filled.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 20-25 minutes or until an inserted toothpick comes out clean.
- Allow cupcakes to cool in cupcake pan for 10 minutes.
- Remove cupcakes from pan and place each on a wire rack until completely cooled.
Halloweeny Monster Cupcakes Frosting
Ingredients
- 4 C powdered sugar
- 1 C unsalted butter, room temp
- 4+ TBSP of heavy whipping cream
- Purple gel food coloring
- Candy eyes
Instructions
- Cream the butter and powder sugar until it looks creamy.
- Add purple gel food coloring. Stir until the color in fully blended throughout all of the frosting.
- Test to see if the frosting can form and hold a stiff peak by taking a spoonful of frosting and turning the spoon upside down. If the frosting stays on the spoon it is ready if not then….
- Add more powder sugar 1/2 C at a time…. mix well.
- If ready scoop the frosting into the pastry bag with a large star tip.
- Twist the open end of the pastry bag to push the frosting to the tip.
- Frost from the cupcake edges inward to the center of the cupcake with a straight down with the tip.
- Position the candy eyes on the top of the frosted cupcake.
Ready for Halloween? Check out these other monster treats – Green Marshmallow Rice Krispie Treat Monsters – Pin to Pinterest.
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Last Updated on August 3, 2018 by Ashley at Frugal Coupon Living
Gina says
So cute – I love a good monster cupcake. Reminds me of the ones I shared over at Lil’Luna last year!
Ashley at Frugal Coupon Living says
Gina, I just Googled yours, very cute! I love what you did with the green ones and three eyes! Spooky fun!