- 1 box Betty Crocker Devil's Food Cake Mix
- 90 ml vegetable oil (6 tbsp)
- 250 ml water
- 3 medium free range eggs
- 1 tub Betty Crocker Rich and Creamy Vanilla Icing
- red food colouring
- Yellow food colouring
- Tube of black decorating icing
- 48 black fruit pastilles
Method
- Preheat your oven to 180°C (160°C for fan assisted ovens) / Gas Mark 4.
- Mix the eggs, oil, water and cake mix gently together and whisk (by hand or electric mixer) for 2-3 minutes until smooth and creamy.
- Pour the mixture evenly into the cupcake cases.
- Bake in the centre of the oven for 16 minutes or until a rounded knife inserted into the deepest part of a cupcake comes out clean. Leave to cool on your cooling rack.
- Stir three drops of red colouring and 4 drops of yellow food colouring into Betty’s Vanilla Rich and Creamy Icing in a small bowl, and mix to create orange icing. Spread this over the cooled cupcakes.
- Create four black circles on each cupcake using the black decorating icing. Use a knife to draw through the circles from the centre of each cupcake to create the web effect.
- Rollout one fruit pastille and cut out eight strips for legs and then place a whole fruit pastille in the middle to create your spider. Do this for each cupcake to create your beastly batch…Scarily splendid!