Creepy Cupcakes

To celebrate Halloween, THE HISTORY CHANNEL is putting the "eat" into Trick or Treat.

We've enlisted the help of our good friend Rod Rigby, who's an Executive Chef for CulinArt. Rod has been scouring his archive of recipes to come up with a whole host of spooky treats that are fun to make, and delicious to eat.

So on October 31 add some taste to go along with the terror, and enjoy the Halloween Holiday.

Recipe By: CulinArt
Servings: 24
Categories: Desserts, Cakes

Amount	Measure	Ingredient
1/2	pound	unsalted butter
2	cups	sugar
1	teaspoon	vanilla extract
4	large	eggs
3	cups	cake flour
1	tablespoon	baking powder
3/4	teaspoon	salt
1	cup	milk

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Place butter in the bowl of a stand mixer and beat it until it is light and fluffy, about 3 to 4 minutes. Add the sugar and vanilla and beat until well combined. Add the eggs, one at a time, until combined.

Sift together the flour, baking powder and salt. Add about 1/2 of the flour mixture to the butter, mix until incorporated, add about 1/2 the milk, mix until incorporated, add the remaining flour, mix until incorporated and finally add the rest of the milk, mix until incorporated.

Line muffin or cupcake tins with paper cupcake liners. Fill each liner about 3/4 full with batter. Bake in pre-heated oven about 15 to 20 minutes, or until cooked through and the top begins to turn golden brown. Remove from oven and let cool.

Decorate as desired.

For Halloween Cupcakes:

Frost tops with orange-colored frosting, draw faces with melted chocolate or red-colored frosting.

See other recipe for Frosting.

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Per serving: 200 Calories (kcal); 9g Total Fat; (39% calories from fat); 2g Protein; 28g Carbohydrate; 53mg Cholesterol; 143mg Sodium

Food Exchanges: 1/2 Grain(Starch); 0 Lean Meat; 0 Vegetable; 0 Fruit; 1 1/2 Fat; 1 Other Carbohydrates

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