halooween-cupcakes

Ghost cupcakes

  • Serves 12
  • Prep time: 20 mins | Cooking time: 15 - 20 mins

With a tasty pumpkin spice flavour, these easy to make cupcakes are the perfect Halloween treat.

Ingredients

  • 1 ½ cup flour

  • 1 tsp baking soda

  • 1 tsp Gregg's Ground Cinnamon

  • ½ tsp Gregg's Ground Ginger

  • ¾ cup soft brown sugar

  • ½ cup vegetable oil

  • 2 eggs

  • ¾ cup pumpkin puree (approx. 350g uncooked pumpkin)

Cream Cheese Frosting:

  • 125g spreadable cream cheese

  • 2 ½ - 3 cups icing sugar

  • ½ tsp orange zest

  • Dark chocolate bits

Method

  1. Preheat oven to 180°C (fan assisted). Place paper cupcake cases into muffin tins. Alternatively grease a 12-cup muffin tin.

  2. Sift flour, baking soda, Gregg’s Ground Cinnamon and Gregg’s Ground Ginger into a mixing bowl.

  3. Whisk together brown sugar, vegetable oil, eggs and pumpkin puree until well combined. Make a well in the centre of the dry ingredients and pour in pumpkin mixture. Stir to mix.

  4. Spoon mixture into cupcake cases. Bake for 15-20 minutes until cooked and golden.

  5. Transfer to a baking rack to cool.

  6. Once cupcakes are cold, pipe cream cheese frosting onto the top of the cupcakes. Place 3 choc bits on the frosting to make the eyes and mouth.

Top Tips:

To make pumpkin puree: peel and cut pumpkin into small pieces. Steam or microwave pumpkin until tender. Steaming helps reduce the amounts of retained water that you get when boiling. Puree in a food processor or mash until smooth.