These Halloween cupcakes are in the spirit of fun
Just about any layer cake recipe makes good cupcakes. (Yes, you can use a cake mix, but where’s the fun in that?) Avoid poundcake recipes, unless you want very dense cakes. For nicely rounded cupcakes, defy the traditional instructions to fill cupcake molds two-thirds full and instead fill the molds about three-fourths full.
The basic recipes
Next, make them spooky
• Icky Eyeball Cupcakes: It's easy to see why these cupcakes have appeal: They're easy and creepy. And they stare up at you while you devour them.
• The Best Rest Cupcakes : Or you might call these Gravestone Cupcakes. For the gravestones, choose cookies with a rectangular or oval shape, such as Murray Coconut Bars or Pepperidge Farm Milanos.
• Ghostcake Cupcakes: You can put ghosts atop these cakes by dipping Nutter Butter cookies in white chocolate. Or you can use Peeps marshmallow ghost candies. Boo!
• Elegant Infestation Cupcakes: These cupcakes were lovely until the bugs found them. But don't worry. The frosting is real. The bugs are just plastic.
• The Spooky Spider Cupcakes: We know just what you're thinkig. They're crunchy, and they taste like frosting.
• Financial Ruin Cupcakes : Question: What's scarier than a shrinking economy? Answer: Nothing. Boo again!
Your turn: Send us photos of your favorite Halloween treats. Homemade or store-bought, as long as it's your picture, we want to see it. See our Spooky Treat and Cupcake photo gallery .
