Description
Get ready to spook your friends and family with these Bleeding Brain Cupcakes! Perfect for Halloween or any themed party, these red velvet delights are not just a treat for the taste buds but also a feast for the eyes. Each cupcake is filled with luscious strawberry or raspberry jam, creating a “bleeding” effect when bitten into. Topped with a whimsical pink brain-themed icing, these cupcakes will steal the show at any gathering. Easy to make and customizable, they are the ideal dessert for both novice and experienced bakers. Bring a touch of frightful fun to your celebrations with this deliciously eerie recipe!
Ingredients
Scale
- 150 g Unsalted butter (softened)
- 150 g Caster sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 tsp Vanilla extract
- 85 ml Buttermilk
- 165 g Self-raising flour
- 1 ½ tbsp Cocoa powder
- 1 tsp Red food coloring
- 200 g Strawberry or Raspberry Jam
- For buttercream: 200 g Unsalted butter, 400 g Icing sugar, 1 tsp Vanilla extract, 2 tbsp Milk, Pink food coloring
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 160C Fan/180C/350F/Gas Mark 4 and line a cupcake tin with black cupcake cases.
- In a bowl, whisk together softened butter and caster sugar until fluffy.
- Add in eggs and vanilla extract; mix until well combined.
- Gradually add buttermilk, cocoa powder, bicarbonate of soda, red food coloring, and self-raising flour; mix until smooth.
- Divide the batter evenly into the cupcake cases and bake for 20-25 minutes or until a skewer comes out clean.
- Once cooled, core each cupcake and fill with jam.
- For the frosting, cream the butter until smooth; then add icing sugar, milk, vanilla extract, and pink food coloring until combined.
- Pipe the frosting on top of each cupcake in a brain-like design.
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 25 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cupcake (75g)
- Calories: 320
- Sugar: 30g
- Sodium: 170mg
- Fat: 16g
- Saturated Fat: 10g
- Unsaturated Fat: 5g
- Trans Fat: <0.5g
- Carbohydrates: 43g
- Fiber: <1g
- Protein: 3g
- Cholesterol: 45mg