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I had planned months before on making orange velvet cupcakes for Halloween and was going to improvise a recipe. Much to my delight, almost by accident, I found this one over at The Swell Life. They came out really delicious. The only change I made was to add a bit more gel food coloring (Wilton’s Orange). I wanted to deepen the color a bit.
For the frosting, I used Magnolia Bakery’s vanilla buttercream recipe. I colored one half with Wilton’s Orange and the other with Wilton’s black loaded them side by side into a disposable pastry bag and swirled away.
I was thrilled with the baking results. The photographs, not so much. Because I was on a baking tear to as many October and November posts finished before I left for NYC last week, I rushed my usual process and wasn’t too careful about the lighting for these pictures. I apologize for the glare.The cupcakes looked way better in real life. Pinky swear.
I also planned on decorating them with black sparkly mini spider cookies. Again, no time. Be he didn’t seem to mind….
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15 comments
Hi Lora, you have been busy this past month baking and posting some very creative and delicious looking goodies. I love the orange velvet cupcakes with that gorgeous frosting piled and swirled on top, I'm inspired for Halloween now:)
Fantastic colours, love the orange and black swirl. Very creepy indeed. Happy Halloween.
Oooh, very cool. We don't really celebrate halloween here, but I'd make some anyway just for kicks 🙂 Happy Halloween!
I love the orange and black swirl! So perfect! Happy Halloween!
Oh my, these look festive and decadent! They are beautiful!
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I hope you have a happy Halloween, and enjoy those lovely cupcakes!
That frosting looks amazing!
That effect is just magical! Beautiful cupcakes! 😀
What a fun variation on red velvet. Perfect for Halloween.
The frosting on this looks awesome!
The cupcakes look truly out of the world … such lovely colors make it look divine !!!
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Oh Lora these are great! And they actually look delicious despite the Halloween colors 🙂 Great job on the frosting and the cake is divine! Love the Halloween spirit rushing through the world of food blogs!
Super color and the swirl is divine. Boo
These are awesome! Why in the world didn't I think to make orange halloween cupcakes? I love these. Do you like that icing recipe?
love the last picture by the way 🙂
Bahahaha love the swirls and the deep orange colour Lora! What great cupcakes. I still have to master the art of a double colour swirl. Love the cool guy in the last frame… yes he looks full!! LOL
Ok, these are the cutest cupcakes. Love the swirl on the top. So creative once again.