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Serves
12
Prep
15
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Cooking
20
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Pumpkin Monster Cupcakes

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Directions
Step 1

Pre heat oven to 180 degrees Celsius and place patty pans into a 2 x 12 hole pans.

Step 2

In a medium bowl, sift the flour, baking powder and bi-carb soda. In a separate bowl, combine eggs, icing sugar, oil, orange essence and food colour. Mix well.

Step 3

Add the dry ingredients to wet ingredients in two batches, mixing well in between. Add the orange juice and the zest. Mix well by hand.

Step 4

Fill patty pans to 1/2 to 3/4 full and bake for 20 minutes. Let cool on a wire rack.

Step 5

To make the frosting: In a small mixing bowl, cream the butter until light and fluffy. Beat in the icing sugar, orange zest and extract. Add enough orange juice to achieve a frosting consistency (a little on the firm side so that it holds the weight of another cupcake when assembling your monsters)

Step 6

Spread frosting on top of cupcake and then top with another upside-down cupcake. Add the tic tacs for teeth and candy eyes, using a little extra frosting as glue if required. Insert chocolate stick through the top cupcake.

Step 7

Happy Halloween. Enjoy!

Ingredients
  • Cupcakes
  • 1 1/2 cups plain flour
  • 2 tsp McKenzie's Baking Powder
  • 1/4 tsp McKenzie's Bi-Carb Soda
  • 2 eggs, whisked
  • 1 cup icing sugar
  • 1/2 cup vegetable oil
  • 1 tsp orange essence (optional)
  • 3/4 cup orange juice, with pulp
  • 1 tbs grated orange zest
  • few drops orange food colour
  • Orange Frosting
  • 125g unsalted butter, softened
  • 2 cups icing sugar
  • 3/4 tsp orange essence or vanilla extract
  • 2-3 tbs orange juice
  • 1 tsp grated orange zest
  • 2-3 drops orange food colour
To decorate
  • 6 chocolate coated finger biscuits, halved
  • 30 tic tacs
  • 24 candy eyes
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