Description
Halloween Graveyard Cupcakes are a festive and spooky treat perfect for Halloween celebrations. These chocolate cupcakes are moist and rich, filled with creamy Oreo cheesecake, and topped with luscious chocolate buttercream. Decorative Biscoff biscuit gravestones, crushed Oreos mimicking soil, and vibrant green buttercream grass complete the eerie graveyard scene. Ideal for parties or fun baking with kids, these cupcakes combine delightful flavors with creative decoration to impress guests and celebrate the spooky season.
Ingredients
Scale
Cupcakes
- 175 g baking spread or unsalted butter, softened
- 175 g caster sugar
- 3 large eggs
- 2 tbsp milk
- 150 g self-raising flour
- 25 g cocoa powder
- 1/4 tsp baking powder
Oreo Cheesecake Filling
- 115 g full-fat cream cheese
- 15 g icing sugar
- 15 g Oreos, crushed
- 1/8 tsp vanilla extract
Chocolate Buttercream
- 100 g unsalted butter, softened
- 165 g icing sugar
- 35 g cocoa powder
- 1-2 tsp milk
Green Grass Buttercream
- 25 g unsalted butter, softened
- 50 g icing sugar
- 1/8 tsp vanilla extract
- Green food coloring
Decorations
- 12 Lotus Biscoff biscuits
- 30 g dark chocolate, melted
- 30 g white chocolate, melted
- 35 g Oreos, crushed
Instructions
- Preheat Oven: Set your oven to 140°C fan / 160°C conventional / 325°F and prepare a cupcake tin by lining it with cupcake cases.
- Make Cupcake Batter: Cream together the softened baking spread or butter and caster sugar until fluffy and light. Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Stir in the milk to combine.
- Incorporate Dry Ingredients: Sift together the self-raising flour, cocoa powder, and baking powder. Gently fold these dry ingredients into the wet mixture until just combined, careful not to overmix.
- Bake Cupcakes: Divide the batter evenly among the cupcake cases. Bake in the preheated oven for 25 to 30 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the center comes out clean. Remove from the oven and allow to cool completely before filling.
- Prepare Oreo Cheesecake Filling: In a bowl, mix together full-fat cream cheese, icing sugar, crushed Oreos, and vanilla extract until smooth and well combined.
- Core and Fill: Use a small knife or cupcake corer to gently remove the center of each cooled cupcake, creating a hole. Fill this cavity with the Oreo cheesecake mixture evenly among cupcakes.
- Make Chocolate Buttercream: Beat softened butter until creamy. Gradually add icing sugar and cocoa powder, then add milk a teaspoon at a time until desired spreading consistency is reached.
- Decorate Cupcakes: Spread or pipe the chocolate buttercream over the filled cupcakes. Insert Lotus Biscoff biscuits upright into the cupcakes to mimic gravestones. Sprinkle crushed Oreos around as soil.
- Make Green Grass Buttercream: Beat softened butter, icing sugar, vanilla extract, and green food coloring until fluffy. Pipe grass details around the cupcake edges using a grass piping tip to complete the graveyard look.
- Final Touches: Optional decoration includes drizzling melted dark and white chocolate over the biscuits for added detail and effect of eerie gravestones.
Notes
- Use room temperature ingredients for better mixing and texture.
- Do not overmix the batter to keep cupcakes light and fluffy.
- Allow cupcakes to cool completely before coring and filling to prevent filling from melting.
- Biscoff biscuits make perfect grave markers and add a delicious caramel flavor.
- Adjust green food coloring to get the desired grass shade.
- These cupcakes can be stored in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 3 days.
- Bring to room temperature before serving for best taste and texture.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cupcake
- Calories: 375
- Sugar: 35g
- Sodium: 150mg
- Fat: 20g
- Saturated Fat: 10g
- Unsaturated Fat: 8g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 44g
- Fiber: 2g
- Protein: 4g
- Cholesterol: 70mg
