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Easy Halloween cupcakes in pumpkin form… orange sponges, orange and green buttercream, and more = pumpkin cupcakes! <\/h2>\n

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Hello October!<\/h3>\n

So say hello to spooky season\u2026 it\u2019s October, and I am here for all of the spooky bakes that I can get my hands on. Honestly, I love it. I never go into enough effort when it comes to Halloween, so I am trying my best to rectify that this year!<\/p>\n

I wanted to do something that would be obviously October themed\u2026 and how could it be anything other than pumpkin-themed?! Yes, I know, you can buy them earlier than October\u2026 but when I see pumpkins, I think Halloween. <\/span><\/p>\n

I have a few decent Halloween bakes on here, such as my spooky spider web cake<\/a>, and my pumpkin spice latte cake<\/a>.. but I wanted to do an easy Halloween themed cupcake! These beautiful little pumpkin cupcakes were born.<\/p>\n

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Pumpkin cupcakes<\/h3>\n

These are definitely what I would call an easy fun bake – and you can customise the flavour so much! You can make these plain flavoured, lemon<\/a>, orange<\/a>, or even almond<\/a>\u2026 it\u2019s completely up to you! These are basically for the look, so do what you want with the flavour. <\/span><\/p>\n

I decided to go completely orange for the base – I used some orange muffin size cupcake cases for the \u2018containers\u2019 so that they were a solid orange, and then filled them with a simple orange coloured cupcake mixture. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Sponge<\/h3>\n

Unsalted butter or baking spread, caster sugar, eggs and self-raising flour. That\u2019s all you need to make this pumpkin cupcakes sponge mix! I beat my baking spread and caster sugar together until light and fluffy with my stand mixer, with the paddle attachment. <\/span><\/p>\n

I then add in my eggs and self-raising flour in one go. Mix these together until they are combined. It\u2019s obvious when the mixture comes together as it\u2019s thick, smooth and beautiful. This is where you can add the flavouring of your choice, and then the orange food colouring. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Food colouring<\/h3>\n

You need to use a strong orange food colouring<\/a> so that the pumpkin cupcakes work – supermarket own colours do not work, so I recommend using this orange food colouring<\/a>. There are a few out there that work, but not supermarket ones! <\/span><\/p>\n

I really recommend investing in good quality food colouring, a little goes a long way and they do last quite a while. For the little green tendrils, I use this food colouring<\/a> however you can use whichever shade of green you are trying to achieve. <\/p>\n

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Bake<\/h3>\n

Bake the pumpkin cupcakes in the oven for 18-22 minutes, I did these for 20 minutes on the day of baking – until they are baked and a skewer comes out clean. You can also test if they are ready by using your hearing<\/p>\n

If the cupcakes are making a bubbling\/crackling sound when you carefully go near them, they need a bit longer baking – try not to burn your ear or the side of the face please!<\/p>\n

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Buttercream frosting<\/h3>\n

Once baked, cool them and make the frosting. For ease, I did a simple American style buttercream frosting. Unsalted block butter, NOT BAKING SPREAD, and icing sugar. I use a simple 1:2 ratio for American buttercream frosting. <\/span><\/p>\n

I then use the same flavouring I used in the bake, and then the same orange food colouring<\/a> as well! How much colouring or even flavouring you need, depends on the brand. I use extra strong colours so need a small amount, and I love using Nielsen Massey flavourings such as this vanilla extract<\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n

Before you colour all of the frosting oranges, however, take out 1tbsp of buttercream, and colour this green – you will then use this for your little tendrils. This part is optional, but I think the green tendrils really adds to the bake. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Decoration<\/h3>\n

To decorate, I use 2d closed star piping tip<\/a> to pipe the swirls of the orange buttercream frosting. I then used a small round piping tip<\/a>, to pipe the green onto the cupcakes. Finally, I use a small piece of a matchmaker for the stem, but you can leave this out or use something else. <\/span><\/p>\n

These pumpkin cupcakes are an easy and delicious way to have fun baking this Halloween – and you should definitely give them a go. Any questions, leave them below in the comments! Enjoy. Jane x<\/p>\n

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Pumpkin Cupcakes!<\/h2>\n\t\t
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Easy halloween cupcakes in pumpkin form... orange sponges, orange and green buttercream, and more = pumpkin cupcakes!\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n\n\t\t
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Category: <\/span>Cupcakes<\/span><\/div>
Type: <\/span>Cupcakes<\/span><\/div>
Keyword: <\/span>Halloween<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t
Prep Time: <\/span>30 minutes<\/span><\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span><\/div>
Cook Time: <\/span>20 minutes<\/span><\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span><\/div>
Cooling & Decorating Time: <\/span>2 hours<\/span><\/span> hours<\/span> 30 minutes<\/span><\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span><\/div>
Total Time: <\/span>3 hours<\/span><\/span> hours<\/span> 20 minutes<\/span><\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t
Servings: <\/span>12<\/span> Cupcakes<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t
Author: <\/span>Jane's Patisserie<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t

Ingredients<\/h3>

Cupcakes<\/h4>