Halloween Purple Monster Cupcakes

Spooky purple cupcakes decorated with monster eyes.

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Prep Time: 30

Cook Time: 25

Total Time: 55

Servings: cupcakes

Calories: 432kcal

190 g Softened butter
190 g Caster sugar
1 Teaspoon Vanilla extract
3 Medium Eggs
190 g Self-raising flour
Gel Purple food colouring (add a little bit at a time until you get your desired colour)

Preheat your oven to 160℃ (140℃ for fan ovens) and line a cupcake tin with 12 purple cases.
In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until soft and fluffy then stir in the vanilla extract.
Mix in the flour and the eggs, a little bit at a time, until you have a smooth, thick cake batter. Stir in the purple food colouring.
Divide the batter between your 12 cases and bake for 20-25 minutes until a toothpick through the middle comes out clean. Transfer to a wire rack to cool.

Add the butter to a bowl. Mix in half of the icing sugar and half of the milk. Once smooth, add the rest of the icing sugar and the rest of the milk.
Stir the vanilla extract and purple food colouring into the frosting then transfer it to a piping bag fitted with a small open star nozzle.
Pipe small stars all over each cupcake then top with some edible eyes.