HALLOWEEN PULL APART CUPCAKE IDEAS RECIPES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line 24 muffin cups with paper muffin liners.
• Beat cake mix, water, oil, and eggs in a large bowl with an electric mixer on medium speed until batter is completely smooth, about 2 minutes. Divide batter between prepared muffin cups, filling each about 2/3-full.
• Bake in the preheated oven until tops spring back when pressed, 19 to 23 minutes. Cool for 10 minutes in the pans before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.
• Beat frosting and orange food coloring together in a bowl until desired shade and consistency are reached.
• Arrange cooled cupcakes close together in a solid circle shape on a large platter. Spread frosting over cupcakes to create one large, round frosted surface. Squeeze 1 large dot of black decorating gel in the center of the frosting. Draw concentric circles around the dot about 2 inches apart. Drag a toothpick from the center dot to the outermost circle; repeat 12 times to make the surface appear to be a spider's web.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350° and line 2 muffin tins with cupcake liners. Prepare cake mix according to box directions and divide batter between cupcake lines. Bake until a toothpick inserted into the middle of a cupcake comes out clean, about 20 minutes. Let cool completely.  In a large bowl, beat butter and powdered until combined. Add heavy cream, vanilla, and salt and mix until smooth.  Scoop about 1 1/2 cup of frosting into a medium bowl and dye it red. Scoop about 1 cup of frosting into a medium bowl and leave it white. Scoop about a tablespoon of frosting into a small bowl and dye it yellow. Dye remaining frosting (it should be the bulk of it!) green.   Arrange 13 cups on a serving platter, docking each with white frosting, in the shape of the Grinch's face. (Watch the video for help!) Pipe green frosting around the edges of cupcakes to outline face. Fill in the middle with frosting and use an offset spatula to smooth.  Add 5 cupcakes on top of the face to create the shape of Santa's hat. Pipe red frosting around edges to outline hat, then fill in the middle with red frosting and smooth with an offset spatula.  Decoratively pipe white frosting on the bottom and at the end of Santa's hat.  Pipe 2 large yellow dots on face to create eyes, then draw face with black gel icing.