Halloween Pumpkin Cupcakes

• medium
• < 15 min.
• 12 portions
• Stork Liquid

Ingredients

For this recipe you can use Stork Baking Liquid, Stork Tub or Stork Packet.


• 175g (6 oz) Stork Baking Liquid
• 175g (6 oz) golden caster sugar
• 300g (11 oz) self raising flour, sieved
• 3 medium eggs
• 5 tablespoons milk
• ½ teaspoon baking powder
• 100g cooked pumpkin or butternut squash, mashed
• 50g chocolate and hazelnut spread
• Zest of 1 orange
• 115g icing sugar
• A little orange juice
• 55g (2 oz) plain chocolate, melted or use chocolate and hazelnut spread
• Liquorice sweets and laces to decorate

Method

• 1 Preheat the oven to 200°C, 180°C fan oven, Gas mark 6.  Then place the first six ingredients into a bowl, and beat with a wooden spoon until the mixture is smooth.
• 2 Stir in pumpkin mash and orange zest.
• 3 Divide half the mixture evenly between the 12 paper cases.
• 4 Add a half teaspoon chocolate spread and then top with remaining mix.  Bake in a pre-heated oven for 20-25 minutes. 
• 5 Add a little orange juice to the icing sugar until thick and spread over the muffins. 
• 6 Pipe the melted chocolate in 4 circles over the top and then drag a skewer through to give the cobweb effect. Place the sweets and laces on top to look like a spider.

Oven Temperature: 200 C

Baking time: 20 m

GDA

Each serving contains:		GDA*
Calories	381kcal	19%
Sugars	26.3g	29%
Fat	15.9g	23%
Saturates	3.2g	16%
Salt	0.5g	8%

*of an adult's guideline daily amount

Handy Tip

Top the cakes with candy spiders. If you use frozen pumpkin you don’t need to defrost it first: but it may take a little longer to cook.

1.Preheat the oven to 200°C, 180°C fan oven, Gas mark 6.  Then place the first six ingredients into a bowl, and beat with a wooden spoon until the mixture is smooth.

2.Stir in pumpkin mash and orange zest.

3.Divide half the mixture evenly between the 12 paper cases.

4.Add a half teaspoon chocolate spread and then top with remaining mix.  Bake in a pre-heated oven for 20-25 minutes. 

5.Add a little orange juice to the icing sugar until thick and spread over the muffins. 

6.Pipe the melted chocolate in 4 circles over the top and then drag a skewer through to give the cobweb effect. Place the sweets and laces on top to look like a spider.

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