[Editorial] Recipe: Zombie Brain Chocolate Cupcakes

Ingredients

Makes 12 Cupcakes 

• 2 and a half cups of self-raising flour 2 cups of caster sugar 

• 1 cup of cocoa powder 

• 1/2 tsp of baking powder 

• 1/2 tsp of bicarbonate soda Pinch of salt 

• 1 tsp of vanilla essence 

• 1/2 cup of vegetable/sunflower oil 1 cup of milk 

• 2 eggs 

For the icing: 

• 2 cups of unsalted butter softened 2 cups of icing sugar 

• Pink food colouring 

• Black food colouring 

• Piping gel or honey 

• Green food colouring

Recipe

1. Pre-heat oven to 180 degrees celcius / Gas mark 4. Line a muffin  tray with paper cupcake cases. 

2. In a large bowl sift together the flour, baking powder, bicarbonate  soda, cocoa powder. Add in the sugar and a pinch of salt. Gently mix  to combine.  

3. In a separate bowl or jug, mix together the oil, milk, vanilla  essence and eggs. Add the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients  and gently fold until combined. 

4. Spoon the mixture into the cases, until each case is 3/4 of the way  full. Bake into the oven for 15-20 minutes or until a skewer inserted  into a cake comes out clean. 

5. Allow the cupcakes to cool on a wire cooling rack. Meanwhile,  whisk the softened butter until light and fluffy (you can loosen it up  with a teaspoon of milk). Sift in the icing sugar and when combined  and stiff, add in the pink food colouring and the tiniest bit of black  until you reach the correct mushy brain matter colour. 

6. Spoon the icing into a piping bag with a rounded tip (or you can  just cut the end of the piping bag to the desired diameter) and pipe  some squiggly brain squiggles. 

7. Add green food colouring to the piping gel or honey until you get  the correct colour for yucky zombie goo. Spoon the goo over your  brains for extra ick factor.  

8. Eat and enjoy! Mmmmmm.....Brains!

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