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ORANGE-OOZE CUPCAKES FOR HALLOWEEN

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Serves: 36

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Yield: 36 Cupcakes

These cupcakes are perfect for a Hallowe'en party and for other Hallowe'en cake recipes why not try Nigella's Devil's Food Cake or her delicious Creepy Cookies?

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Ingredients

for the filling

  • 8 oz cream cheese (softened)
  • 1 egg
  • ⅓ cup sugar
  • food colouring (yellow and red)
  • 6 oz chocolate chips

for the cupcakes

  • 3 cups flour
  • 2 cups sugar
  • ½ cup cocoa
  • 2 teaspoons baking soda
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 2 cups water
  • ½ cup vegetable oil
  • 2 tablespoons vegetable oil (extra)
  • 2 tablespoons cider vinegar
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla

Method

Preparation time: 20 to 25 minutes Cooking time: 25 minutes

  1. Preheat oven to 350F. Line cupcake baking pans with paper cupcake liners.
  2. In small mixing bowl, use electric mixer to combine cream cheese, egg and sugar. Blend in 2 drops yellow food colouring and 1 drop red food colouring, adding more colouring if necessary to reach desired shade. Use mixing spoon to stir in chocolate chips; set filling aside.
  3. In large mixing bowl, combine flour, sugar, cocoa, baking soda and salt; set aside. In second small mixing bowl, combine water, vegetable oil, vinegar and vanilla.
  4. Add contents of small mixing bowl to large mixing bowl and stir with mixing spoon to combine.
  5. Using mixing spoon or soup spoon, fill cupcake liners half full with cupcake batter, then place 1 teaspoon filling at centre of each.
  6. As cupcake bakes, the batter will rise to surround the filling. Wearing oven mitts, place cupcake pans in oven; bake approximately 25 minutes or until cupcakes test done. When done, wear oven mitts to remove pan from oven and turn off oven.
  7. If desired, frost with orange icing--or just let the orange filling ooze out as a surprise.

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