Description
Brain Cupcakes are a spooky and fun Halloween treat featuring your favorite cupcakes adorned with vanilla buttercream piped to resemble realistic brains using warm brown and ivory gel paste colors. Perfect for parties or themed celebrations.
Ingredients
Scale
Cupcakes
- Your favorite cupcake recipe (ingredients per recipe chosen)
Frosting
- Vanilla buttercream
- 2 drops Americolor Soft Gel Paste Warm Brown
- 1 drop Americolor Soft Gel Paste Ivory
Instructions
- Color the Frosting: In a bowl, mix 2 drops of warm brown gel paste and 1 drop of ivory gel paste into the vanilla buttercream to create a brain-colored frosting.
- Base Layer Frosting: Using a knife or spatula, spread a thin, even base layer of the colored buttercream on each cupcake, ensuring all visible cupcake surfaces are covered.
- Pipe the Center Line: Fit a piping bag with a no.12 round decorating tip and pipe a straight line down the center of each cupcake to start forming the brain’s structure.
- Create Squiggles: Pipe continuous “s” shapes (squiggles) back and forth on each side of the center line to simulate brain folds.
- Build Additional Layers: Pipe another set of continuous “s” shaped squiggles on top of the first layer to add depth and texture for a realistic brain effect.
Notes
- Release your inner zombie with these creepy Halloween cupcakes piped with buttercream frosting to look like brains.
- Use a no.12 round decorating tip for best piping results.
- You can use any cupcake base flavor, but vanilla or chocolate work well for the theme.
- For a more intense brain color, adjust gel colors slightly as desired.
- Ensure frosting is firm enough to hold the piped squiggles without spreading.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cupcake
- Calories: 320
- Sugar: 25g
- Sodium: 150mg
- Fat: 16g
- Saturated Fat: 10g
- Unsaturated Fat: 5g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 40g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 3g
- Cholesterol: 50mg
