Name: Crawly spider cupcakes
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 40 min
Ingredients: 340 gram packet buttercake mix; green food colouring; red wonka oompas; jaffas; black licorice straps; black glossy decorating gel; Butter cream; 125 gram butter; 1 1/2 cup icing sugar (confectioner's sugar); 2 tablespoon milk

Ingredients

340 gram packet buttercake mix

green food colouring

red wonka oompas

jaffas

black licorice straps

black glossy decorating gel

Butter cream

125 gram butter

1 1/2 cup icing sugar (confectioner's sugar)

2 tablespoon milk

Method

1.Preheat oven to moderate; line 12-hole (⅓-cup/80ml) muffin pan with paper patty cases. Make cake according to directions on packet, pour ¼ cup of mixture into each hole; bake at 180°C/355°F for about 20 minutes. Stand cakes in pan 5 minutes; turn onto wire rack to cool.

2.Next make butter cream. Beat butter until white as possible, gradually beat in half the sifted icing sugar then milk, then remaining icing sugar. Beat until smooth.

3.Tint butter cream with green colouring; spread over patty cakes. Position Oompas on cakes for bodies; position Jaffas for heads.

4.Cut licorice into thin strips, cut eight 3cm pieces from licorice strips; position for legs. Using black decorating gel, dot eyes on heads and draw lines on backs of spiders.

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