Almond Chocolate Cupcakes – With or without a Halloween theme

I have a few websites I like to follow, cooking websites obviously, and everywhere I look all I see is pumpkin. Pumpkin cakes and cookies, pumpkin donuts and breads, pumpkin pies and pastries, and I know it is the season and that orange goes so well will the fall and the upcoming Halloween but to be honest, I’m not sure I like pumpkin 🙂 and I’m not even going to discuss the fact that most of the recipes are from canned pumpkins, not a can fan here. So I was trying to think what I can make that’s tasty, will go well with my morning coffee and of course, will make the kids happy. I went online, copied and printed a bat image. I made a stencil and decided to decorate my almond chocolate cupcakes with it. The kids were thrilled because they were t honed who made the cupcakes and because they got to eat the cupcakes the next morning. Needless to mention that my mission was accomplished and I didn’t even need to use pumpkin.

 

Almond Chocolate Cupcakes - With or without a Halloween theme
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Recipe type: Dessert, Holiday
 
A great cupcake recipe and an even greater decoration idea 🙂 You'll taste the chocolate and feel the almond flavor. Just wonderful.
Ingredients
  • 1⅓ Cups All purpose Flour
  • 1 tsp Baking Powder
  • ½ tsp Baking Soda
  • 4 tbsp Vegetable Oil
  • ¾ Cup Unsweetened Cocoa Powder
  • 1½ Cups White Sugar
  • 2 Eggs
  • 1 tsp Almond Extract
  • 1 Cup Milk
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350F (175C)
  2. Prepare muffin pan lined with muffin cups
  3. Combine dry ingredients and add the wet ingredients. Mix well using a mixer until well combined and you get a smooth batter.
  4. Fill each muffin cup ¾ full and place in preheated oven for 15-20 minutes until a toothpick inserted into the cupcakes comes out clean.
Notes
To create the decoration simply sift confection sugar over your stencil.