Mummy Cupcakes (Halloween Special)

Hi friends, this Mummy Cupcakes recipe is for October month's Home Baker's Challenge.

This is my second recipe for Halloween special and I really enjoyed making them.  Chocolate Mummy Cupcakes with vanilla butter cream frosting is a perfect sweet treat for a Halloween party!

Thanks to Priya Suresh for starting the group and Nalini Suresh for hosting this month's event and challenge. To know more about Home Baker's Challenge click here.

Chocolate cupcake and Vanilla butter cream frosting recipes are adapted from Joy of baking.

Ingredients:

For Chocolate Cupcake:

All purpose flour – 11/3 Cups

Sugar – 1 cup (powdered)

Butter – ½ cup 

Baking powder – 2 tsp 

Salt – ½ tsp

Cocoa powder -  ½ cup 

Egg – 2 

Hot Water  – 1 cup
Vanilla essence - 2 tsp

Vanilla butter cream Frosting:

Butter - ¼  cup

Confectioner's Sugar - 1 cup

Vanilla extract - 1 tsp

Milk - 1 tbsp (if required)

Directions:

For Chocolate cupcake:

Preheat oven to 180 deg C. Line the cups of a muffin pan with paper liners.