Halloween Earl Grey cupcakes

Halloween Earl Grey cupcakes! 🧁

Are you planning on hosting a Halloween party?

Then try making these tasty Halloween Earl Grey cupcakes for your guests!

Cupcakes are already one of the most popular desserts to serve at parties, but these are truly fabulous because they are infused with Hibiscus and Earl Grey tea.

Let’s get baking!

INGREDIENTS

Sugar Glass

  • 1 glass sugar

  • 1/4 glass water

  • 1/4 glass maple syrup

Blood

  • 1 cup hot water

  • 2 tbsp organic hibiscus tea

  • 2 tbsp sugar

  • 2 tsp cornstarch

Icing

  • 250 g Cooks' Ingredients Vanilla Icing

Cupcakes

  • 125 ml milk

  • 2 tbsp Earl Grey tea

  • 110 g unsalted butter

  • 225 g white sugar

  • 1/2 tsp vanilla extract

  • 125 g self-rising flour

  • 120 g plain flour

INSTRUCTIONS

Sugar Glass

Add sugar, water, and maple syrup to a pot. Heat up to 150Β°C (use a candy thermometer). Then transfer it immediately onto a baking tray lined with baking paper. Cover and leave in a cool place (not fridge).

Blood Syrup

Add 1 cup of hot water and hibiscus tea into a pot. Then add 2 tbsp sugar and bring to a boil. Mix cornstarch with 1 tbsp cold water and take out the hibiscus. Add the cornstarch to the pot and stir until the mixture begins to thicken. Once boiling, take from the hob and leave to cool down.

Cupcakes

Add Earl Grey tea and milk to the pot and bring it to boil for 2 min. Then, turn off the hob and steep for 15 more minutes. Mix sugar with butter and add vanilla extract. Mix in 2 eggs, strain the tea and let it cool down. Then mix in the flour and β…“ cup of tea and place the cupcake cases into the backing tray. Put the dough into the cupcake cases and bake for 25 minutes.

Decoration

Break the sugar glass into "shards", then fill icing into your piping bag and put icing on the cupcakes. Place the glass shards and sprinkle with blood syrup.


Source: https://teapro.co.uk/halloween-early-grey-killer-cupcakes/

 

Zaneta Nosko