Eyeball Cupcakes

By cwyorkiex3

Kids will love how gross these cupcakes look, but luckily they taste delicious! These are great for your kids to take to their Halloween party at school.

Ingredients

• CUPCAKES:
• 2 eggs
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1 1/2 cups vegetable oil
• 1 teaspoon white vinegar
• 2 1/2 cups cake flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 3 tablespoons cocoa powder
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 5/8 ounce bottle red food coloring
• FROSTING:
• 8 ounces cream cheese (no need to soften)
• 5 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 2 1/2 cups powdered sugar, sifted
• FOR DECORATING:
• additional red food coloring
• Gummy Savers, assorted colors
• black M&Ms

Details

Servings 12
Preparation time 15mins
Cooking time 35mins

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 350°F. Line two muffin pans with paper liners. Cream the eggs, sugar, oil and vinegar. Sift the cake flour, baking soda, and cocoa together. Add the flour mixture to the creamed ingredients while beating. Slowly add the buttermilk. While still beating, add the vanilla and the food coloring. Fill the cupcake liners about 2/3 of the way with batter. Bake for about 18 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Transfer to a wire rack and cool completely.

To make the frosting, cream the cream cheese, butter and vanilla on medium-high speed. Add the powdered sugar to the bowl in batches, beating on low until just combined and then on high until desired consistency is reached. For a stiffer icing, add more powdered sugar.

To decorate the cupcakes, frost liberally with cream cheese frosting. Tint remaining frosting with red food coloring to desired shade. Place a Gummy Saver in the center of each cupcake. Using a pastry bag, pipe a small amount of frosting into the hole in the center of each Gummy Saver. Place a black M&M candy (logo down) in the center of each Gummy Saver and press down to adhere to frosting. Pipe squiggly lines of red frosting radiating out from around each Gummy Saver to create vessels.