Description
Celebrate Halloween with these adorable and spooky skeleton cupcakes! A simple vanilla cupcake topped with creamy vanilla frosting and decorated to look like a cute skeleton face.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup unsalted butter, softened
- 2 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ¾ cup milk
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- ¼ cup unsalted butter, softened
- 2 tablespoons milk
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- Black edible food marker
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C). Line a 12-cup muffin tin with paper liners.
- In a large bowl, whisk together flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt.
- Add softened butter and mix until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
- In a separate bowl, whisk together eggs, vanilla extract, and milk.
- Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and mix until just combined. Do not overmix.
- Divide the batter evenly among the prepared muffin cups, filling each about two-thirds full.
- Bake for 18-22 minutes, or until a wooden skewer inserted into the center comes out clean. Let cool in the tin for a few minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.
- While the cupcakes cool, prepare the frosting: In a medium bowl, beat together powdered sugar, softened butter, milk, and vanilla extract until smooth and creamy.
- Once cupcakes are completely cool, frost them generously.
- Use a black edible food marker to draw two small circles for eyes, an upside-down triangle for a nose, and a curved line for a mouth on each frosted cupcake to create a skeleton face.
Notes
- For a chocolate version, substitute 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder for 1/4 cup of the flour.
- Make sure your butter is truly softened for the best frosting texture.
- You can use black icing in a piping bag with a small round tip instead of an edible marker for a more defined skeleton face.
- Prep Time: PT20M
- Cook Time: PT20M
- Category: Cupcakes
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cupcake
- Calories: 350
- Sugar: 40g
- Sodium: 150mg
- Fat: 18g
- Saturated Fat: 11g
- Carbohydrates: 45g
- Protein: 4g