Hooting Halloween Owls
This delightful recipe creates whimsical owl cupcakes that are as fun to make as they are to eat. With the rich flavors of cocoa and the sweetness of icing, these charming treats are sure to be a hit at any gathering.
— Constant Cookbook
Ingredients
- 280g butter , softened
- 280g golden caster sugar
- 200g self-raising flour , minus 1 rounded tbsp
- 1 rounded tbsp cocoa powder
- 6 medium eggs
- 200g butter , softened
- 280g icing sugar , sifted
- 1 tube orange ready-to-use icing
- 1 small bag Maltesers
- 1 tube choco M&Ms minis (use just the brown sweets) or Cadbury's mini buttons
- 1 tub jelly diamonds (just the orange ones)
Instructions
- Heat oven to 190C/fan 170C/gas 5. Line a 12-cup muffin tin with brown muffin cases. Beat the first 5 ingredients to a smooth batter and spoon between the cases, almost filling them to the top. You may have a little left over. Bake for 20-25 mins until risen and spongy. Cool on a rack.
- Beat the butter and icing sugar until smooth. Slice off the very tops of the cakes and cut each piece in half. Spread a generous layer of icing over each cake.
- Working on one cake at a time, squirt a pea-sized blob of orange icing onto two Maltesers and use to fix a brown M&M on each. Sit the eyes, two pieces of cake top (curved edge up) and a jelly diamond on the icing to make an owl.
Yield
Makes 12
Nutrition
- Calories: 615 calories
- Fat Content: 38 grams fat
- Saturated Fat Content: 23 grams saturated fat
- Carbohydrate Content: 68 grams carbohydrates
- Sugar Content: 54 grams sugar
- Fiber Content: 1 grams fiber
- Protein Content: 6 grams protein
- Sodium Content: 1.06 milligram of sodium
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