Red Velvet Cupcakes
Get Halloween-ready with these vampire-inspired cupcakes that are to die for.
YIELDS
12
Ingredients
Red Velvet Cupcakes
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup canola oil
- 1 egg
- 1/2 cup plain yogurt
- 1 tablespoon red food colouring
- 1/2 teaspoon white vinegar
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup brick style cream cheese
- 1/2 cup butter, room temperature
- 2 to 3 cups powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Vampire Cupcakes
- 1 cup frozen raspberries, thawed
- 1/4 cup powdered sugar
Spiderweb Cupcakes
- 1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips, melted
Skeleton Cupcakes
- Chocolate or Halloween sprinkles
- Lollypop sticks
- Yogurt covered pretzels
- Marshmallows
- Black edible marker, optional
Directions
Red Velvet Cupcakes
- Heat your oven to 375°F and line a 12-cup muffin tin with cupcake liners.
- In a large bowl, beat together the sugar, oil, and egg. Beat in yogurt, food colouring, vinegar, and vanilla.
- Whisk together flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a separate bowl. Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients and mix until just combined. Divide batter into the prepared muffin tin.
- Bake for 22 to 25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the centre of the cupcakes comes out clean. Transfer to a cooling rack to cool completely.
- For the frosting, beat together the cream cheese and butter until smooth. Add the powdered sugar, about half a cup at a time, until the frosting reaches your desired consistency. Beat in the vanilla.
- Spread of pipe the buttercream onto the cupcakes and set aside.
Vampire Cupcakes
- For vampire cupcakes, puree the raspberries and icing sugar together until smooth. Strain through a fine mesh sieve to remove the seeds. Use the raspberry sauce to splatter and decorate the cupcakes. Enjoy!
Spiderweb Cupcakes
- Transfer the melted chocolate to a zip-top bag for spiderweb cupcakes and cut the corner off. Pipe spiderweb patterns onto parchment paper and allow them to cool and harden. Place a spider web on each cupcake. Enjoy!
Skeleton Cupcakes
- For skeleton cupcakes, dunk the top of the frosted cupcakes into the sprinkles to coat. Stick a lollypop stick into the centre of a cupcake and thread on three or four yogurt-covered pretzels. Draw a face on a marshmallow and stick it on the lollypop stick. Enjoy!
