Halloween and the color purple are 2 of my favorite things! That’s what makes this Spooky Purple Halloween Cupcake recipe so fun!
If you feel like your life is not adequately spooky enough to mark this Halloween season, then making these Purple Creepy Cupcakes will help you get in the spirit of things.
Cupcakes are sweet treats that make a party complete. They are bite-sized and therefore great for parties where everyone can only eat so much before feeling too full.
If you’re ready to put your baking skills to the test and carve out some seriously creepy concoctions, this spooky Halloween cupcake recipe is just what you’re looking for.
Read on to learn more about making spooky Halloween cupcakes.
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Spooky Halloween Cupcake Ingredients:
- 1 French vanilla cake mix
- 3 large eggs
- 1 C whole milk
- ½ C unsalted sweet cream butter, softened
- Neon purple gel food coloring
Vanilla frosting Ingredients:
- 2 C unsalted sweet cream butter, softened
- 5 C powdered sugar
- 5 tbsp heavy whipping cream
- scroll down for the rest of the ingredients
Supplies Needed:
- Cupcake pan
- Mini Doughnut pan
- White cupcake liners
- 1 disposable piping bag
- Toothpicks
- 2 small bowls
- 1 small piping bag
- 1 large piping bag with a star tip
- 1 medium ice cream scoop
Spooky Halloween Cupcake Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line the cupcake pan with the cupcake liners Using a large bowl, beat the cake mix, eggs, butter, and whole milk until combined and fluffy
Beat in a few drops of the neon purple and mix till combined. You may need to add in a few more drops of the gel food coloring to get a vibrant shade of purple
Scoop batter into the liners, filling about ¾ way full
Bake in the oven for 21 minutes
Scoop the remaining purple batter into the disposable piping bag (this will be for the mini donuts)
Mini Donut Instructions:
Spray the doughnut pan with baking spray
Cut the tip off the disposable piping bag and fill the doughnut pan, halfway full
Bake in the oven for 12-14 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean
Remove and allow to cool
Frosting Instructions:
Using a medium bowl, combine the sprinkles
Using a standing mixer, beat the butter, powdered sugar, heavy whipping cream, and vanilla until fluffy and hold a peak
Using 1 small bowl, scoop about 1 C of frosting into the bowl and mix in a few drops of black gel food coloring
Scoop 1 C of frosting into the second bowl and leave it color free
Using the remaining frosting in the mixing bowl, mix in about 6 – 8 drops of the neon purple gel food coloring
Using the large piping bag, place it into a large cup and pull the piping bag over the edge of the glass to allow the inside of the piping bag to be wide open
Spoon 1 cup of the purple frosting onto ⅓ side of the piping bag
Spoon the 1 cup of black frosting onto another ⅓ side of the piping bag
Spoon the non coloring frosting into the last ⅓ side of the piping bag
Set aside
Spooky Halloween Cupcake Decoration Instructions:
Scoop purple frosting using the scooper, onto the top of the cupcakes
Using an angled spatula, smooth out the frosting into a flat thick disk
Place the top of the cupcake frosting into the sprinkles and completely coat the frosting in sprinkles
Using the piping bag, pipe a dollop of frosting in the center of the frosting mound.
Break the green apple candy sticks in half and place them into the side of the frosting
Remove the tinfoil from the vanilla frosting container and place it into the microwave for 20 seconds to soften it
Spoon about ½ C of the softened frosting into the piping bag
Cut the tip off the piping bag
Pipe drips of frosting onto the top doughnut
Allow to firm up for about 10 minutes
Carefully push a toothpick through the middle of the doughnut and place it in the center of the frosting
Enjoy!
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Spooky Purple Halloween Cupcakes
If you're ready to put your baking skills to the test and carve out some seriously creepy concoctions, this spooky Purple Halloween cupcake recipe is just what you're looking for
Ingredients
- Cupcake Ingredients:
- 1 French vanilla cake mix
- 3 large eggs
- 1 C whole milk
- ½ C unsalted sweet cream butter, softened
- Neon purple gel food coloring
- Vanilla frosting Ingredients:
- 2 C unsalted sweet cream butter, softened
- 5 C powdered sugar
- 5 tbsp heavy whipping cream
- 3 tsp pure vanilla extract
- 1 C of each Black, silver, and purple sprinkle mix found at Walmart, Michaels or Hobby Lobby
- Green Apple candy stick (Like the ones found at Cracker Barrel)
- 1 tub of premade vanilla frosting
- Black gel food coloring
Instructions
Cupcake Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line cupcake pan with the cupcake liners Using a large bowl, beat the cake mix, eggs, butter and whole milk until combined and fluffy
Beat in a few drops of the neon purple and mix till combined. You may need to add in a few more drops of the gel food coloring to get a vibrant shade of purple
Scoop batter into the liners, filling about ¾ way full
Bake in the oven for 21 minutes
Scoop the remaining purple batter into the disposable piping bag (this will be for the mini donuts)
Mini Donut Instructions:
Spray the doughnut pan with baking spray
Cut the tip off the disposable piping bag and fill the doughnut pan, half way full
Bake in the oven for 12-14 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean
Remove and allow to cool
Frosting Instructions:
Using a medium bowl, combine the sprinkles
Using a standing mixer, beat the butter, powdered sugar, heavy whipping cream, and vanilla until fluffy and holds a peak
Using 1 small bowl, scoop about 1 C of frosting into the bowl and mix in a few drops of black gel food coloring
Scoop 1 C of frosting into the second bowl and leave it color free
Using the remaining frosting in the mixing bowl, mix in about 6 - 8 drops of the neon purple gel food coloring
Using the large piping bag, place it into a large cup and pull the piping bag over the edge of the glass to allow the inside of the piping bag to be wide open
Spoon 1 cup of the purple frosting onto ⅓ side of the piping bag
Spoon the 1 cup of black frosting onto another ⅓ side of the piping bag
Spoon the non coloring frosting into the last ⅓ side of the piping bag
Set aside
Decoration Instructions:
Scoop purple frosting using the scooper, onto the top of the cupcakes
Using a angled spatula, smooth out the frosting into a flat thick disk
Place the top of the cupcake frosting into the sprinkles and completely coat the frosting in sprinkles
Using the piping bag, pipe a dollop of frosting in the center of the frosting mound Break the green apple candy sticks in half and place into the side of the frosting
Remove the tinfoil from the vanilla frosting container and place into the microwave for 20 seconds to soften it
Spoon about ½ C of the softened frosting into the piping bag
Cut the tip off the piping bag
Pipe drips of frosting onto the top doughnut
Allow to firm up for about 10 minutes
Carefully push a toothpick through the middle of the doughnut and place in the center of the frosting
Enjoy!
Notes
Supplies Needed:
- Cupcake pan
- Mini Doughnut pan
- White cupcake liners
- 1 disposable piping bag
- Toothpicks
- 2 small bowls
- 1 small piping bag
- 1 large piping bag with star tip
- 1 medium ice cream scoop
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