The BEST and most delicious spider cupcakes with licorice legs for Halloween. The cupcakes are moist, tender, and got a vanilla flavor. Bake them and make the spider topping really easy. A delicious treat for Halloween.
Voorbereidingstijd 5 minutenmin
Bereidingstijd 25 minutenmin
Totale tijd 30 minutenmin
Gang Zoete Baksels
Keuken Amerikaans
Porties 6cupcakes
calorieën 430kcal
Ingrediënten
Cupcakes
1stickbutterunsalted, room temperature
⅔cupssugar
1teaspoon vanilla extract
2eggssize L
1cupself-rising flour
2tablespoonsmilk
Decoration
4tablespoonsNutella paste
4tablespoonsChocolate sprinkles
6licorice laces
12M & M's green and red for a spooky effect
Ingredients you need per step are listed below the step in Italic
Instructies
Preparation
Preheat oven to 350 °F or 320 °F
Put the paper cupcake forms in the baking pan.
Cupcakes
Mix the butter with the sugar for three minutes until airy at high speed.
1 stick butter, ⅔ cups sugar
Add the vanilla extract and eggs one by one, while continuing to mix. Add the next egg when the previous one is fully incorporated.
1 teaspoon vanilla extract, 2 eggs
Mix for two minutes.
Turn the mixer to low speed and add half of the flour, then two tablespoons of milk followed by the rest of the flour. Turn the mixer off, when the flour is incorporated.
1 cup self-rising flour, 2 tablespoons milk
Divide the batter between the muffin cups (fill the cups about ⅔) and put it in the oven.
Bake for 20 minutes. Check with a satay pricker if the cakes are done.
Let the cakes cool on a wire rack to room temperature.
Decoration
Coat the top of the cupcake with a layer of Nutella.
4 tablespoons Nutella paste
Spread the sprinkles on top.
4 tablespoons Chocolate sprinkles
Cut the licorice laces into small pieces of about 1 ½ inch (three cm) (you need eight pieces per cupcake).
6 licorice laces
Insert a skewer to make eight holes for the legs in the cupcake and put a licorice lace in each hole.
Smear a bit of Nutella on the M & M (on the side with the white letter) and "glue" it on the cupcake.
12 M & M's
NOTES
1. Ingredients at room temperature: Because you want to make airy cupcakes, make sure that you use all the ingredients at room temperature.2. Chocolate sprinkles: you can choose either dark or milk chocolate3. Eyes: You could use different colored M&M's, so you make a dozen of different scary spiders. But it's also possible to choose to go for a single color for an even bigger effect.4. Variations and substitutions
Self-rising flour: Substitute with 1 cup of all-purpose flour mixed with a teaspoon baking powder.
Nutella: can be substituted with dark apple butter or chocolate paste
M&M's: use Smarties or jelly beans instead of these chocolate treats
Licorice lace: You can also use strawberry lace if you like them better.
5. Storage:
The cupcakes can be stored, undecorated, for up to two days at room temperature. Store them in an airtight container.
You can freeze undecorated cupcakes. Wrap them airtight and store them in a box. This way they can be stored up to one month.
When the cupcakes are decorated, you have to eat them the same day.