Halloween ‘Blood’ Filled Cupcakes – Tala Cooking

Ingredients

• 95g plain flour
• 40g dutch processed black cocoa powder (if you don’t have this then use normal cocoa powder and add a few drops of black food gel to achieve the black colour)
• pinch of salt
• 3/4 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp bicarbonate soda
• 2 large eggs
• 100g caster sugar
• 100g light brown sugar
• 80ml vegetable (neutral) oil
• 1 tsp vanilla bean paste
• 120ml buttermilk (room temperature)
• 240g white chocolate chips
• 100g double cream
• Red gel food colouring / oil based food colouring
• 340g butter
• 240g icing sugar
• 60g dutch processed black cocoa powder (if you don’t have this then use normal cocoa powder and add more black food colouring)
• 150g dark chocolate
• Black gel food colouring / oil based food colouring