HALLOWEEN - Cookie Monster cupcakes

Ingredients

For the cupcakes

For the buttercream

For the decoration

Method

For the cupcakes

Preheat the oven to 160°C (320° F) set to fan.
Place some cupcake liners into a 6-cup muffin pan.
In a mixer, beat the butter with the sugar at medium-high speed, until they are fluffy, for 8-10 minutes.
Add the eggs, by making sure that each one is incorporated before adding the next.
Then, remove the bowl from the mixer, add the flour, and mix with a spatula.
Divide the mixture into the muffin pan cups and bake for 10-20 minutes.
When 10 minutes have gone by, check that they are ready by sticking a toothpick into the cupcakes. If it comes out clean, it means that the cupcakes are ready (if it doesn’t, bake them for a few more minutes).
Remove them from the oven and from the cupcake liners, and let them cool onto a rack.

For the buttercream

In a mixer, beat the butter with half of the icing sugar at medium speed, for 5 minutes.
Add the vanilla extract, the milk, and beat for 1 more minute.
Add the rest of the sugar into 2 batches, and beat for 7-8 more minutes.
Add ½ teaspoon food colouring paste and mix.
Spread the coconut into a baking pan lined with parchment paper, add ½ teaspoon food colouring paste, mix, and leave the mixture in a warm place to dry well.

For the decoration

Decorate the cupcakes with the buttercream and cover its whole surface with the coconut.
Place the marshmallows onto the cupcakes to shape the eyes, and add the chocolate drops to shape the pupils of the eyes.
With a knife, make an incision for the mouth, adding a cookie into each one.
Serve.

Source: Akis Petretzikis

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