Halloween Mummy Cupcakes

1 Hour 40 Minutes Total
24 Servings

Wrapped in icing bandages and with spooky staring eyes, these mummy cupcakes are perfect for a scary Halloween party!

Ingredient List

For the cupcake
  • Small check mark in a circle icon 1 box Betty Crocker™ Velvety Vanilla Cake Mix
  • Small check mark in a circle icon 90ml vegetable oil
  • Small check mark in a circle icon 180ml water
  • Small check mark in a circle icon 3 medium free range eggs
For the decoration
  • Small check mark in a circle icon 500g (about 1¼ tubs) Betty Crocker™ Velvety Vanilla Icing
  • Small check mark in a circle icon Orange, green and purple food colouring pastes or gels
  • Small check mark in a circle icon 48 edible candy eyeballs

Preparation

  1. Preheat the oven to 180°C (160°C for fan assisted ovens)/Gas Mark 4. Line 2 x 12-hole muffin trays with paper cupcake cases.
  2. In a mixing bowl, stir the cake mix, oil, water and eggs gently together, then whisk (by hand or electric mixer) for 2-3 minutes until smooth and creamy. Divide the mixture evenly between the cupcake cases. Bake both trays together in the oven for 18-22 minutes. Remove from the oven and carefully transfer the cupcakes to a wire rack to cool completely; about 30 minutes.
  3. Reserve 150g of the icing and divide the rest equally between 3 bowls. Use the food colouring pastes or gels to colour each bowl of icing to the desired shade.
  4. Use each colour of icing to top 8 cupcakes. Spoon the reserved 150g icing into a disposable piping bag and snip off the end. Pipe the icing over each cupcake in zig-zag lines to resemble bandages. Attach 2 candy eyeballs to each cupcake. Serve immediately or keep in a cool place for up to 2 days.

Tips

  • You can vary the colours of the icing under the bandages or use Betty Crocker™ Tempting Chocolate Icing instead.
  • If you don’t have any candy eyeballs, then simply pipe on blobs of the icing and dot with black writing icing.