When Kristofer told me his coworkers were going to bring in food on Halloween, I started ranting about how we weren’t going to bring in another dessert, but would instead make a savory dish for everyone to enjoy!
…then the deadline started creeping up on me, and I realized that I needed to use my Halloween cupcake liners anyway, plus Target had those fake fangs on sale at like 6 for a buck, so how could I miss the opportunity to buy those for a bunch of adults who wouldn’t use them? The answer: I couldn’t.
So I bought some Wilton orange food dye and a surprisingly good batch of cookies and cream icing.
Halloween Orange Cupcakes
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 1/4 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 stick unsalted butter softened
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2/3 cup whole milk
Instructions
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Preheat oven to 350.
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Whisk flour, baking powder, and salt in a bowl
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Beat butter and sugar until fluffy
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Beat in eggs one at a time
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Mix in vanilla
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Beat in half the flour
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Add milk
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Add food coloring to preference, about 2 tbsp
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Beat in remaining flour until just combined
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Fill cupcake liners about 1/2 to 3/4 full
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Bake 20 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean
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Let cool in pan for 5 minutes
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Remove from pan and cool completely on write rack before frosting
After seeing my insides turned blue from my TARDIS cupcakes, I was a little more conservative with the food dye this time around. I didn’t like that my cupcakes were so flat – next time I’ll probably just do 12, and fill them more.
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