Description
These Halloween Augapfel Cupcakes look like bloodshot eyeballs but taste like soft red velvet magic. Perfect for spooky parties!
Ingredients
1 Red Velvet Cake Mix (Tasty Me)
4 eggs
Butter
1 packet Creme Fantastique (Tasty Me)
100 ml milk
200g white fondant
50g colored fondant (your choice of color)
20g black fondant
Edible food pens
Piping gel
Optional: red food gel or syrup for blood effects
Instructions
1. Preheat oven and prepare cake mix according to package with butter and eggs.
2. Fill muffin liners 2/3 full and bake until set; let cool.
3. Whip Creme Fantastique with milk until stiff; pipe onto cooled cupcakes.
4. Roll white fondant into balls for eyeballs; press center with ball tool.
5. Add colored fondant circle into the indentation for iris.
6. Add black fondant ball in the center for pupil; flatten gently.
7. Draw red veins on white fondant using edible food pens.
8. Brush entire eye with piping gel for gloss effect.
9. Color extra piping gel red and brush over veins for bloodshot finish.
10. Cut a small hollow in frosting dome and place eyeball in center.
11. Drizzle red piping gel to simulate dripping blood.
12. Serve and freak out your party guests!
Notes
You can make the fondant eyes a day in advance to allow them to dry fully.
Store assembled cupcakes in a cool place, not the fridge, to avoid fondant sweating.
Use any base cake mix you like – chocolate and vanilla work too.
- Prep Time: 20 mins
- Cook Time: 20 mins
- Category: Cupcakes
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: Halloween / Themed
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cupcake
- Calories: 330
- Sugar: 28g
- Sodium: 200mg
- Fat: 15g
- Saturated Fat: 8g
- Unsaturated Fat: 6g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 44g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 3g
- Cholesterol: 55mg