Chocolate Orange Spider Cupcakes
By Morrisons
Published on 12 October 2020
Create these spooky spiders, guaranteed to scare!Time and servings
40 minsTotal time
10Servings
20 minsPrep time
20 minsCooking time
Ingredients
- 2.5 tablespoons of cocoa powder
- 110 g of self raising flour
- 1 tsp of orange zest
- 50 g of chocolate chips
- 125 g of golden caster sugar
- 125 g of butter
- 2 eggs beaten lightly
- 50 g of plain chocolate
- 3 packs of mikado
- 4 tablespoons of buttercream icing
- 1 liquorice allsorts
- 1 chocolate strands
Method
Step 1
Preheat the oven to 180C/ 350F/ Gas 4. Beat together the butter and sugar until smooth. Sift the flour and cocoa powder into a separate bowl. Add the eggs to the butter mixture one at a time, adding a tablespoon of the flour mixture with the second egg.Step 2
Mix the remaining flour, then add the orange zest and chocolate chips. Line a muffin tray with 10 paper cases and fill each one two - thirds full. Bake for 20 minutes.Step 3
Allow to cool for a few minutes, then remove the cakes and place on a wire rack. When cool, spread buttercream over each cupcake, and dip in the chocolate flavoured strands.Step 4
To create the legs, take 120 Mikado sticks and cut 40 of them in half. Melt the plain chocolate and dip one end of each of the whole sticks into it. Attach the half sticks onto them at an angle on a tray until the chocolate cools and sets. Stick four of the legs, into either side of the cakes and add Liquorice Allsorts for the eyes.