Halloween Cupcakes

I was so proud of my cupcakes that I made for Halloween. I found the skeleton hand at Roberts awhile back and then made it using an idea I saw in the Rachael Ray magazine. The cupcakes are caramel cupcakes, then I made the frosting from scratch, with my favorite recipe from the Pampered Chef website. Sprinkled Oreo's on top, and added the hand!!


Caramel Cupcakes

Ingredients
3½ oz	white chocolate, coarsely chopped
4½ oz	butter, coarsely chopped
2/3 cup	brown sugar
¼ cup	golden syrup
2/3 cup	milk
1 cup	plain flour
1/3 cup	self-raising flour
1	egg, lightly beaten

	Preheat the oven to 330°F (170°C).
	Line a 12 cupcake pan, with cupcake papers.
	Combine the chocolate, butter, sugar, syrup and milk in a saucepan.
	Stir over a low heat until melted and combined. (I had a few small bits of white choc that just would not combine - not a problem).
	Allow to cool for about 15 minutes.
	Sift the flours.
	Mix flours into the caramel mixture.
	Next, stir in the egg.
	Divide the mixture evenly between the cake cases.
	Bake for 30 minutes.
	Remove tin from the oven, transfer to rack and cool.
Makes 12 Cup Cakes. Frosting 1 package (2 pounds) powdered sugar (about 7 cups), divided 1 cup butter or margarine, softened 1/2 cup vegetable shortening 1 tablespoon clear vanilla extract For frosting, combine half of the powdered sugar with butter, shortening, vanilla and 3 tablespoons of the milk in large bowl. Beat with electric mixer until smooth. Add remaining powdered sugar. Beat until light and fluffy, adding more milk, 1 tablespoon at a time, as needed for good spreading consistency. Tint some of the frosting with food coloring, if desired. (I had to play with it to get it to be grey) And in case anyone noticed, I really really want to get the blog going again. So leave a comment if you are full on in favor of participating. I have gone back to this blog so many times for recipes, I really miss it!!