Halloween maple apple cupcakes

Maple apple cupcakes (makes 12 muffin size cakes)

Ingredients
150g (5.2 ounces) self raising flour
60g (2.11 ounces) unsalted butter
2 eggs
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
60ml (2 fluid ounces)maple syrup
200g (7 ounces) grated apple
Vanilla butter cream
Pink food colouring
Black edible glitter


Cooking instructions

1. Preheat oven to 160-180 deg C.
2. Line muffin tray with paper cases.
3. Beat flour, butter, eggs, cinnamon and maple syrup in a bowl with an electric mixer until mixture is a pale colour.
4. Stir in apple and divide the mixture between the paper cases.
5. Place in preheated oven and bake for 25-30 minutes.
6. Remove from oven and place cakes on wire rack to cool.
7. Add pink food colouring to butter icing, mixing thoroughly.
8. Put coloured butter icing into a piping bag with small nozzle.
9. When cakes are cool, pipe butter cream icing in peaks on top.
10. Sprinkle glitter on top using a small paintbrush.
11. Stick cupcake topper in top.

To make the cupcake topper,

1. Download and print the "Poison" label below x2.
2. Place double sided tape on the unprinted side of the label from edge to edge.
3. Press a cocktail stick into tape
4. Place the second label over the top of the stick and press firmly together.

See Halloween cake stands and cases for where to buy cupcake wrappers.

As I have to have a gluten free diet, I substitute the self raising flour for Gluten and wheat free self raising flour.

Have a sweet day!