Cupcake Ingredients:
- 240ml dairy-free milk
- 1 tsp apple cider vinegar
- 210g self-raising flour
- 50g cocoa powder
- 100g caster sugar
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda
- 60ml sunflower oil
Bat-Themed Buttercream Ingredients:
- 210g dairy-free block butter
- 200g icing sugar
- 20ml aquafaba (liquid from a can of chickpeas)
- 4 Oreos, crushed to crumbs
Spooky Oreo Bat Decor Ingredients:
- 100g dairy-free dark chocolate
- Vegan white chocolate buttons (like Sainsbury’s Free From White Chocolate Buttons)
- 1 pack Oreo cookies
Cupcakes:
- Preheat the oven to 180°C (fan setting) and arrange cupcake liners in your muffin tins.
- Whisk together dairy-free milk and apple cider vinegar in a small bowl.
- In a separate large bowl, sift and combine flour, cocoa powder, sugar, baking powder, and bicarbonate of soda.
- Mix the sunflower oil into the milk mixture.
- Gradually blend the wet ingredients with the dry ones until you achieve a smooth batter.
- Fill each cupcake liner about 3/4 full with the batter, and gently tap the tray to release air bubbles.
- Bake for 18-20 minutes, until a skewer comes out clean from the center of a cupcake.
- Transfer cupcakes to a cooling rack.
Bat-Themed Buttercream:
- Whip the dairy-free butter in a large bowl until it's creamy.
- Gradually sift in the icing sugar and continue to mix.
- Add the aquafaba and whip for about 5-8 minutes until the mixture becomes fluffy and light.
- Gently fold in the crushed Oreos.
Spooky Oreo Bat Decor:
- Melt the dark chocolate using a bain-marie method.
- For the bat wings: Slice some Oreos in half.
- Attach the wings to another Oreo half using a dab of melted chocolate. Allow to set.
- Drizzle some chocolate over the top of the Oreo bat assembly and place it on parchment paper.
- Freeze momentarily to solidify.
- Once set, attach two white chocolate buttons as eyes and a dot of dark chocolate in the center of each button.
Final Assembly:
- Once the cupcakes are completely cooled, pipe the bat-themed buttercream on top.
- Sprinkle additional crushed Oreos if desired.
- Crown each cupcake with a spooky Oreo bat.
- Serve and let the spooky delights delight your taste buds!
