Description
These Halloween Mummy Cupcakes are a fun and festive treat perfect for celebrating the spooky season. Decorated with vanilla buttercream and royal icing eyes, they resemble adorable mummies wrapped in frosting ribbons. Easy to make using your favorite cupcake base, they’re sure to delight kids and adults alike.
Ingredients
Scale
Cupcakes
- 1 batch your favorite cupcake recipe (approximately 12 cupcakes)
Frosting
- 2 cups vanilla buttercream
Decorations
- Royal icing eyes (approximately 24 eyes, 2 per cupcake)
Instructions
- Frost the Cupcakes: Using a knife or straight spatula, frost each cooled cupcake by covering the entire top surface evenly with vanilla buttercream to create the mummy base.
- Add Royal Icing Eyes: Place two royal icing eyes onto the frosted cupcake, positioning them near the top center to resemble the mummy’s eyes.
- Pipe Frosting Ribbons: Fit a piping bag with a number 44 basketweave decorating tip and fill it with vanilla buttercream. Pipe flat frosting ribbons crisscrossing over the entire cupcake surface to mimic mummy bandages. Continue layering ribbons until the desired mummy effect is achieved.
- Serve and Enjoy: Allow the frosting to set slightly, then serve your Halloween mummy cupcakes to delighted guests.
Notes
- Use cupcakes cooled completely before frosting for best results.
- Royal icing eyes can be store-bought or homemade ahead of time.
- If you don’t have a basketweave tip, a small flat tip can be used to pipe the ribbons.
- Vanilla buttercream can be colored slightly with food coloring to enhance the mummy look if desired.
- Store cupcakes at room temperature if serving within a day, or refrigerate and bring to room temperature before serving.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cupcake
- Calories: 250 kcal
- Sugar: 20 g
- Sodium: 150 mg
- Fat: 12 g
- Saturated Fat: 7 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 4 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 30 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 2 g
- Cholesterol: 35 mg
