Description
Create festive Halloween emoji cupcakes with vibrant colored icing to decorate spooky faces including devils, ghosts, pumpkins, Frankenstein, Dracula, and zombies. These fun cupcakes combine a favorite cake mix with colorful gel icing to make your Halloween party extra special.
Ingredients
Base Ingredients
- Favorite Cake Mix or Recipe
Icing Colors
- Lemon Yellow Icing Color, 1 oz.
- Lemon Yellow Gel Food Coloring, 1 oz.
- Leaf Green Icing Color, 1 oz.
- Leaf Green Gel Food Coloring, 1 oz.
- Brown Icing Color, 1 oz.
- Brown Gel Food Coloring, 1 oz.
- Ivory Icing Color, 1 oz.
- Ivory Gel Food Coloring, 1 oz.
- Black Icing Color, 1 oz.
- Black Gel Food Coloring, 1 oz.
- Rose Icing Color, 1 oz.
- Rose Gel Food Coloring, 1 oz.
- Violet Icing Color, 1 oz.
- Violet Gel Food Coloring, 1 oz.
- Orange Icing Color, 1 oz.
- Orange Gel Food Coloring, 1 oz.
- Christmas Red Icing Color, 1 oz.
- Christmas Red Gel Food Coloring, 1 oz.
- Red-Red Icing Color, 1 oz.
- Red-Red Gel Food Coloring, 1 oz.
- White Decorator Icing – 4.5 lb.
- Creamy White Decorator Icing, 4 lb. Tub
Instructions
- Bake cupcakes: Prepare the cake batter following your favorite cake mix or recipe instructions. Bake the cupcakes in purple, green, and orange baking cups until set and a toothpick inserted comes out clean. Allow cupcakes to cool completely before decorating.
- Tint icing: Using the provided icing and gel food coloring colors, create the different colored icings by combining as follows: Leaf Green and Lemon Yellow for green; Red-Red and Christmas Red for red; Violet and Rose for purple; Brown and Ivory for brown. Tint 1/4 cup of each color icing: green, red, purple, and brown. Tint an additional 1/4 cup each of icing orange and black by mixing Orange and Black icing colors. Reserve the remaining white icing for additional decoration.
- Decorate cupcakes: Using a spatula, apply red, green, purple, orange, and brown icing to ice the cupcakes with a smooth finish. Prepare a decorating bag fitted with tip 6 and fill with white icing to outline and fill the ghost shapes. Prepare four decorating bags with tip 3 and fill separately with small amounts of green, black, white, and red icing. Also, prepare three decorating bags with tip 5 and fill separately with the remaining red, green, and black icing.
- Devil Cupcakes: Pipe facial features using black icing with tip 3 to create the devilish look.
- Ghost Cupcakes: Use white icing with tip 6 to pipe the ghost eyes and fill outlines, then add facial features with black icing with tip 3.
- Pumpkin Cupcakes: Pipe green stems with tip 5 and add facial features using black icing with tip 3 for the pumpkin faces.
- Frankenstein Cupcakes: Using black icing with tip 5, pipe hair; with green icing and tip 3, pipe scars; with white icing and tip 6, pipe mouth; and finish with black icing using tip 3 to add facial features and teeth.
- Dracula Cupcakes: Pipe hair using black icing with tip 5; create facial features with black icing and tip 3; add heart eyes with red icing and tip 3; and pipe teeth with white icing and tip 3.
- Zombie Cupcakes: Use red icing with tip 5 to pipe blood effects and black icing with tip 3 to pipe facial features for a spooky zombie look.
Notes
- Use gel food colorings for vibrant and consistent icing colors.
- Experiment with mixing colors to get the desired shades for icing.
- Ensure cupcakes are completely cooled before icing to avoid melting the decorations.
- Use piping tips as specified for best decorative results.
- Store cupcakes in an airtight container to keep them fresh.
- Feel free to personalize emoji faces with your own creative touches.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cupcake
- Calories: 220
- Sugar: 18g
- Sodium: 150mg
- Fat: 10g
- Saturated Fat: 3g
- Unsaturated Fat: 6g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 30g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 2g
- Cholesterol: 30mg
