Description
Spooky and fun Eyeball Halloween Cupcakes, soft vanilla cupcakes topped with buttercream frosting, perfect for Halloween parties.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 3/4 cups cake flour
- 3/4 tablespoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
- 1 1/4 cups granulated white sugar
- 2 eggs, room temperature
- 2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/4 cup sour cream, room temperature
- 3/4 cup milk, room temperature
- Vanilla Buttercream Frosting
- 1/2 cup margarine or butter, softened to room temperature
- 1 teaspoon clear vanilla extract (I use Adams extract)
- 2-2/12 cups sifted powdered sugar
- 1/4 cup milk
- salt, to taste
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F and place muffin liners into a 12 cavity muffin tin.
- Into a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
- In a large mixing bowl or the bowl of your stand mixer, beat butter for 1 minute. Add sugar and beat another minute. Add in eggs, one at a time, and then vanilla extract.
- Alternating, add in flour and milk, to bowl, until just combined.
- Fill muffin cups 2/3 of the way full and bake for 20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Allow to cool completely.
- In the bowl of your stand mixer, using the whisk attachment, beat butter until fluffy, about 5 minutes.
- Add in powdered sugar and combine.
- Add in vanilla extract and salt and whip for 2 minutes.
Notes
Decorate with candy eyeballs or red gel for a spooky Halloween look!
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cupcake
- Calories: 418
- Sugar: 50g
- Sodium: 210mg
- Fat: 16g
- Carbohydrates: 66g
- Fiber: 0g
- Protein: 3g
