Recipe

Graveyard Cupcakes Recipe

Add Step-by-Step Photos	Lorilyn / All my dishes 2 years, 1 month ago Spooky, yummy cupcakes for Halloween. Prep:30m Cook:22m Servings:18	Lorilyn
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Ingredients

Cake:

1 1/2 cups flour

1/2 cup cocoa powder

3/4 teaspoon baking soda

1/4 teaspoon salt

1/2 cup butter, room temperature

1 1/3 cups sugar

1 teaspoon vanilla

2 large eggs

1 cup milk

Frosting:

1/4 cup butter, room temperature

4 cups confectioner's sugar

1/3 cup milk

1 teaspoon vanilla

3 ounces unsweetened chocolate, melted

Topping:

Chocolate chessmen cookies (or wafer cookies)

Candy pumpkins (I use Jelly Belly)

Deluxe Grahams chocolate covered graham crackers

Icing writer

Directions

Cakes:

Preheat oven to 350.

Whisk flour, cocoa, baking soda, and salt together in small bowl; set aside.

In large bowl, beat butter until creamy. Add sugar gradually, beating until light and fluffy. Beat in vanilla. Beat in eggs, one at a time. Add flour mixture alternately with milk. Beat until smooth.

Divide batter among cupcake pan with liners.

Bake 22 minutes.

Cool in pans for 5 minutes, then remove to cool completely.

Frosting:

In a large bowl, beat butter until creamy. Add 1 cup of sugar gradually, beating until light and fluffy. Add remaining 3 cups of sugar and the milk. Beat until smooth and creamy. Add vanilla and chocolate. Beat until combined.

Assembly:

Use icing writer to decorate chocolate covered grahams with RIPs and crosses.

Crush chocolate cookies in a large zip-loc bag until they are the consistency of dirt.

Frost cupcakes then hold each one over a bowl of the "dirt" and sprinkle generously.

Insert tombstone.

Place pumpkin.

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