Children will love decorating these grinning pumpkin cupcakes for Halloween!
Preheat the oven to 180°C (160°C for fan assisted ovens)/Gas Mark 4. Line 2 x 12-hole muffin trays with paper cupcake cases. Make, bake and cool the cake mix as directed for cupcakes on the box.
In a bowl add enough orange food colouring to the vanilla icing to give a bright orange colour. Using a small palette knife, spread the icing on the top of the cupcakes.
Pipe a Halloween pumpkin mouth, nose and eyes on each cupcake with the tubes of black writing icing. Use the green writing icing to pipe a green stalk on each cupcake.
Add the orange food colouring gradually and beat well to ensure a bright and even colour.
Use the tip of the palette knife to mark lines of orange icing on the cupcakes to resemble the ridges on a pumpkin.
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