Terrifying pumpkin cupcakes

The scariest night of the year is here!!! Get ready to make the most terrifying cupcakes you have ever seen.

Today we are making deadly delicious pumpkin cupcakes with vanilla buttercream. You can use any buttercream you prefer but I thought this one would let us taste the pumpkin flavour a little better. 

Ingredients for the cupcakes:

110g of butter (room temperature)
240g of brown sugar
2 eggs
225g of all purpose flour
1 teaspoon of baking powder
1g of baking soda
1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon (powder)
1/2 teaspoon of ginger (powder)
100g of pumpkin puree
120ml of milk
5ml of white vinegar

We start by adding the vinegar to the milk and we reserve it aside.
Next we whisk the flour, the cinnamon, the ginger, the baking powder and the baking soda in a bowl.

In a separate bowl we mix the butter with the sugar using the electric mixer on low speed until it gets fluffy and smooth. We add the eggs one by one while we keep mixing. We add half of the dry ingredients mixture and half of the milk. 

We beat until it is well combined and then we add the rest of the dry ingredients and the rest of the milk. We will continue beating on low speed until we get a nice homogeneous batter. It is time now to pour the pumpkin puree and mix again.

We are ready to divide the mixture in the baking molds with the help of an ice cream scoop.
We will bake them at 170ºC for 22-25 minutes.

Ingredients for the buttercream:
300g of icing sugar
5ml of vanilla extract
225g of butter (room temperature)
2 tablespoons of milk

We put everything together in a bowl and we use the electric mixer on low speed for a couple of minutes and then on medium speed for 5 minutes more. We will get a smooth and creamy buttercream.
I divided the buttercream in two bowls to die one half orange and the other half black. 

It is time to use your imagination!!! Let's decorate!!
I made some scary (and not so scary) fondant figures to make the toppers of the cupcakes. Check out the gallery page to see more details.
Happy Halloween!!!