Halloween Brain Cupcakes 🧠🩸

Spooky and so easy to do! I felt some kind of way biting into this haha and I made them 😬 great for a Halloween party or to bring for coworkers!

Halloween Brain Cupcakes 🧠🩸

🧠 Swiss Meringue Buttercream
3 egg whites (107g)
150g sugar
170g unsalted butter, softened
1/2 tsp vanilla
1/4 tsp salt

In a bowl set on a pot of simmering water, whisk egg whites and sugar until no longer gritty between your fingertips (160F/70C). Transfer to stand mixer. Whip on med-high to stiff peaks. Don’t add butter until bowl has cooled. Switch to paddle, add butter 1tbsp at a time. Add vanilla and salt. Add pink food colour, beat to light and fluffy. Using a round piping tip, pipe brain swirls into silicone semi sphere, place something in the middle while piping to have realistic brain hemispheres. Fill in middle with more swirls. Place a baked and chilled cupcake upside down into frosting, don’t press too hard. Freeze until firm.

🩸Bloody Drip
4 tbsp strawberry syrup
6 tsp rice syrup*
Red food colour

Mix all ingredients into a small bowl. Adjust texture as needed – should drip slowly from a spoon. To thicken, add more rice syrup.
*Corn syrup can be used, but it will be sweeter, honey can also be used.