Description
Halloween Slime Cupcakes are a thrilling addition to your dessert table, perfect for spooky celebrations. These vibrant cupcakes feature a fluffy vanilla base with a tangy lime marmalade surprise filling, all topped with a luscious green buttercream frosting. With their eye-catching black and green colors, they are sure to delight both kids and adults at any Halloween gathering. Easy to make and fun to decorate, these cupcakes allow for creativity with toppings like candy eyes or sprinkles. Get ready to impress your guests and enjoy the festive spirit with these delightful treats!
Ingredients
Scale
- 175 g Baking spread (or unsalted butter, softened)
- 175 g Caster sugar
- 3 large Eggs
- 2 tsp Vanilla extract
- 175 g Self-raising flour
- 25 g Black food coloring
- 200 g Unsalted butter (for frosting)
- 400 g Icing sugar
- 1–2 tbsp Milk
- Green food coloring
- Yellow food coloring
- 150 g Tinned custard (for filling)
- Candy eyes
- Green sprinkles
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 140C Fan/325F/Gas Mark 3 and line a cupcake tin with cases.
- In a bowl, beat together baking spread and caster sugar until fluffy. Add eggs and vanilla, mixing well.
- Fold in self-raising flour and black food coloring until combined.
- Divide the batter into cases and bake for 25-30 minutes until a skewer comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack.
- Once cooled, create holes in the cupcakes, mix green food coloring into tinned custard, and fill each hole.
- For frosting, beat together unsalted butter and icing sugar until smooth; add milk and color to achieve desired hue.
- Frost each cupcake generously and decorate with candy eyes and sprinkles.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 30 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cupcake (75g)
- Calories: 306
- Sugar: 36g
- Sodium: 120mg
- Fat: 14g
- Saturated Fat: 8g
- Unsaturated Fat: 5g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 43g
- Fiber: 0g
- Protein: 3g
- Cholesterol: 52mg