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Headless Horseman Cupcakes

October 23, 2015 by The Simple, Sweet Life 9 Comments

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Easy Halloween cupcakes from The Simple, Sweet Life

Holy guacamole guys! There’s just ONE week left before Halloween! Say whaaaaaat?!

And that means we’re getting down to the wire for getting you all set up to have the most AWESOME Halloween dessert table EVER. Seriously, you are going to be the envy of the town!

Creating headless horseman cupcake toppers

Making Halloween cupcake toppers

So today, we’re kicking it up a notch with some Headless Horseman cupcakes! But don’t be fooled, these little guys are a lot easier to make than they look. All you need is a little royal icing, some cupcakes, and some frosting (pssst, you can even buy those last two atย the store. It’s ok, it can be our little secret).

Halloween cupcakes

Easy Halloween cupcakes from The Simple, Sweet Life

Easy Halloween cupcakes from The Simple, Sweet Life

You also need the I’m-going-to-make-your-life-so-much-easier Headless Horseman template I made for you. That’s right, I made you a template just because you’re awesome and I heart you guys. Can I get a virtual fist bump of awesomeness?

And so the Horseman comes. And tonight he comes for you (with cupcakes)! Mwahahaha!

Easy Halloween cupcakes from The Simple, Sweet Life

 

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Headless Horseman Cupcakes

Easy Halloween cupcakes from The Simple, Sweet Life
  • Author: The Simple, Sweet Life
  • Yield: 12 cupcakes 1x
  • Category: Dessert

Ingredients

Scale
  • 12 cupcakes
  • A butter-free frosting (like the one in this recipe)
  • One batch of royal icing
  • Yellow and black food coloring
  • A flat edged food-only brush
  • Black sanding sugar (or make your own)

Instructions

  1. For this recipe, you’ll need to whip up a batch of royal icing to a fluffy 20 second consistency (see link for details). Place a piece of parchment paper over your template, and pipe your royal icing moons, giving each a little spike at the bottom to stick into the cupcake. Let dry overnight.
  2. Once your royal icing has dried, painted your moons with your brush and a little yellow food coloring. Take a few spoons of your leftover royal icing and tint it black. Spoon the black icing into a piping bag with a small tip (something like a Wilton #1) and pipe your headless horsemen directly onto your moons, using a toothpick/needle/skewer to work the icing around and into the small details. If you’re not comfortable free-handing the headless horseman, and if you don’t have a projector, you can print out the template, cut him out of his circle, and trace him onto each royal icing moon with an edible food pen. Allow the royal icing to dry overnight.
  3. Whip up some cupcakes and frosting of your choosing (or even get some from the store if you’re pressed for time. I promise I won’t tell.), tint the frosting black, pipe it onto your cupcakes, and roll in your black sanding sugar. Top with your dried headless horseman toppers and voila!

Notes

A note about the frosting: the frosting needs to be a butter-free frosting (like 7 minute icing/boiled icing) because the dry royal icing cupcake topper will soak up all the grease from a butter-based frosting and become discolored. A buttery frosting will work in a pinch if you don’t plan on putting your royal icing topper on until your ready to serve the cupcakes, but any farther in advance and the toppers will begin to noticeably deteriorate.

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Comments

  1. Sue says

    October 24, 2015 at 7:16 am

    These are VERY striking…I love them ๐Ÿ™‚ Thanks for including the template and consider this a virtual fist bump… for your awesomeness!!

    Reply
    • The Simple, Sweet Life says

      October 26, 2015 at 10:39 am

      So glad you liked them! ๐Ÿ˜€ And thanks for virtually fist bumping back. ๐Ÿ˜‰

      Reply
  2. Jesse says

    October 24, 2015 at 8:31 am

    Amazing.

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    • The Simple, Sweet Life says

      October 26, 2015 at 10:39 am

      Thank you Jesse! ๐Ÿ˜€

      Reply
  3. Fork to Belly says

    October 26, 2015 at 9:18 pm

    These are so freakin’ cute<33
    I'd make these and be the coolest person on Halloween night but I live in an apartment and no one comes trick-or-treating… But maybe it's better that way–more cupcakes for me!!!

    Reply
    • The Simple, Sweet Life says

      October 26, 2015 at 10:49 pm

      Nobody knocks on our door either… but that doesn’t stop me from building up a stash of goodies, just in case… And by “just in case,” I mean just in case I need an excuse for eating all of it myself… ๐Ÿ˜‰

      Reply
  4. vintagekittycom says

    October 30, 2016 at 9:36 pm

    So creative! And PERFECTLY executed! HAHAHA

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    • The Simple, Sweet Life says

      November 20, 2016 at 7:46 pm

      Awww thank you! You’re too sweet! ๐Ÿ˜€

      Reply

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