Halloween is so much fun. We love it and every year we try to come up with creative new ways to celebrate.
This year, we’ve developed these slime cupcake (chocolate and lemon curd) and brain cupcake (chocolate, strawberry and candied walnuts) recipes.
I also have some very special potion labels (designed by Daddy aka Mark) that you’ll be able to download for yourself and use however you choose. Enjoy!
Start by making the chocolate cupcakes
Ingredients
You’ll need:
- 175g (6.17 oz) slightly salted butter
- 200g (7.05 oz) caster sugar
- 200g (7.05 oz) self raising flour
- 3 medium free range eggs
- 125ml (4.22 oz) whole milk
- 40g (1.41 oz) cocoa powder
Instructions
Simply beat all of the ingredients together until pale, then spoon into a 12-hole muffin tray lined with muffin cases and bake at 200C (400F/180C fan) for 25 mins until springy to the touch.
Leave to cool completely, then core the cupcakes so that you have a hole a couple of centimetres deep.
Make your slime cupcakes (chocolate and lemon curd)
For the slime cupcakes, you’ll need
- 6 tbsp lemon curd
- A few drops of blue gel food colouring
Beat the lemon curd with the blue food colouring until you get a nice slimy green, then spoon into the hole and let it overflow a little so that it oozes down the sides of the cake.
The combination of lemon and chocolate is DELICIOUS and they look suitably gross, I think you’ll agree.
Make your brain cupcakes (chocolate, strawberry and candied walnuts)
For the brain cupcakes, you’ll also need:
- 6 walnuts
- 4 tbsp jam
- 2 tbsp pink decorative icing (the type you buy in a tube)
Squeeze a little pink icing on to the top of each walnut on a microwave safe plate.
Brush the icing to cover the nut all over
Zap in the microwave for 30-45 seconds until the icing melts over the nuts. Leave to cool.
Make and core the Halloween cupcakes in the way described above, then fill the hole in the cupcake with strawberry jam so that it just overflows. Top with a brain walnut.
Fun, right?
Decorate your Halloween party table
Do you love the potion labels you can see in these shots?
They’re great for sticking to sweet jars at home, sweetie bags to hand out to trick or treaters, or anywhere you fancy.
Download your potion jar labels
Just click on the image below to download and print them for yourself! Please only print for personal use, though. Reproduction for commercial purposes is not permitted.
Thanks and have a great Halloween!
Here are the recipes for my Halloween cupcakes in a printable format:
Oozing slime Halloween cupcakes
Ingredients
For the cupcakes:
- 175 g (6.17 oz) slightly salted butter
- 200 g (7.05 oz) caster sugar
- 200 g (7.05 oz) self raising flour
- 3 medium free range eggs
- 125 ml (4.23 floz) whole milk
- 40 g (1.41 oz) cocoa powder
For the slime:
- 6 tbsp lemon curd
- A few drops of blue gel food colouring
Instructions
To make the cupcakes:
- Simply beat all of the ingredients together until pale, then spoon into a 12-hole muffin tray lined with muffin cases and bake at 200C (400F/180C fan) for 25 mins until springy to the touch.
- Leave to cool completely, then core the cupcakes so that you have a hole a couple of centimetres deep.
To decorate:
- Beat the lemon curd with the blue food colouring until you get a nice slimy green, then spoon into the hole and let it overflow a little so that it oozes down the sides of the cake.
Gory brain Halloween cupcakes
Ingredients
For the cupcakes:
- 175 g (6.17 oz) slightly salted butter
- 200 g (7.05 oz) caster sugar
- 200 g (7.05 oz) self raising flour
- 3 medium free range eggs
- 125 ml (4.23 floz) whole milk
- 40 g (1.41 oz) cocoa powder
For the decorations:
- 6 walnuts
- 4 tbsp jam
- 2 tbsp pink decorative icing the type you buy in a tube
Instructions
To make the cupcakes:
- Simply beat all of the ingredients together until pale, then spoon into a 12-hole muffin tray lined with muffin cases and bake at 200C (400F/180C fan) for 25 mins until springy to the touch.
- Leave to cool completely, then core the cupcakes so that you have a hole a couple of centimetres deep.
To decorate:
- Squeeze a little pink icing on to the top of each walnut on a microwave safe plate.
- Brush the icing to cover the nut all over
- Zap in the microwave for 30-45 seconds until the icing melts over the nuts. Leave to cool.
- Fill the hole in the cupcake with strawberry jam so that it just overflows. Top with a brain walnut.
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Emma @ Supper in the Suburbs says
Just wow – these look so impressive but you make them sound so easy to make! I’m in awe. Will have to give these a go.
Delphine says
Fab ideas here – the walnut brains are genius and the labels are super-cool! Thanks for sharing :-)
Jenny @ The Brick Castle says
They look suitably disgusting, and I love the labels. THank you for sharing Emily.
Hannah @anewaddition says
Wow I love these :) How fun yet tasty for halloween. This is a great post, it must have taken a lot of work x