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Witch's Cauldron Cupcakes
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
21 mins
Total Time
31 mins
 
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: Buttercream, cream filling, Cupcake, Halloween
Servings: 24
Ingredients
Cupcakes
  • 1 Box Chocolate Cake Mix
  • 1 Cup Water
  • 1/3 Cup Vegetable Oil
  • 3 Large Eggs
Vanilla Cream Filling
  • 2 Cups Whipping/Heavy Cream
  • 2 Tbsp Powder Sugar
  • 1 Packet Instant Vanilla Pudding Mix
  • Green Colouring
Buttercream Frosting
  • 1/2 Cup Butter
  • 3 3/4 Cup Powder Sugar
  • 3-4 Tbsp Milk
  • 2 tsp Vanilla Extract
  • Purple and Black Food Colouring
Instructions
Cake

  1. Preheat your oven to 350℉.

  2. Mix together your cake ingredients.

  3. Fill your cupcake tin with liners and add mixture.

  4. Bake for 18-21 minutes.

Vanilla Cream Filling

  1. With an electric or stand mixer, mix your cream and powder sugar together on high.

  2. Once your mixture starts to thicken, slowly add your pudding mix and food colouring.

  3. Mix until smooth and refrigerate. 

Buttercream Frosting

  1. Mix all of your ingredients, except for your food colouring, with an electric or stand mixer.

  2. Divide your frosting into two bowls and add colouring to each bowl to get two different colours. 

Assemble

  1. Once your cupcakes are cooled, cut a hole in the center of your cupcake.

  2. Fill the hole with your cream filling and pop some cake back on top

  3. Frost your cupcakes. Use a piping bag to get the swirl effect.