Lisa's Southern Kitchen

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Ingredients:

Cupcakes:

• 2 cups Self Rising Flour

• 1 cup Granulated Sugar

• 1/4 cup Cocoa Powder

• 1 tsp. Instant Espresso Powder

• 1 tsp. Vanilla Extract

• 1/2 cup Boiling Water

• 1/4 cup Vegetable Oil

• 1/2 cup Milk

• 1 Egg

Frosting:

• 2 cups Powdered Sugar

• 1/2 cup Unsweetened Cocoa Powder

• 1/4 tsp. Salt

• 1 tsp. Vanilla Extract

• 2 tbsp. Heavy Cream

• 1/2 cup Unsalted Butter, softened

• Oreo Cookies, broke in half for garnish

• Candy Eyeballs for garnish

Instructions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line a muffin pan tins with cupcake liners.
2. Make the cupcakes, in a bowl of stand up mixer add ingredients and beat well until combined.
3. Divide the batter into muffin liners tins and bake for 35 minutes and let cool completely on wire rack.
4. Make the frosting, in a bowl of stand up mixer add in butter and vanilla extract, heavy cream and salt, cocoa powder, sugar and beat well until smooth and fluffy.
5. Frost each cupcake with frosting and garnish with Oreo and candy eyeballs to like a bat.