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    Home › Recipes › Nick's Brain Food Cupcakes

    Nick's Brain Food Cupcakes

    Superfoods move over, brain food is here. These cupcakes will regenerate any brain this Halloween! And they have real life (but not really) brain worms that move! (but definitely don’t move…)

    Makes 20. 

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    Brain Worms:

    4 packets of green jelly/jello

    2 tsp gelatin + 1 tbsp cold water

    1 drop yellow food dye

    Brain Worms (prepare the day before)

    Cupcakes

    400g all-purpose flour

    320g caster sugar

    2 tsp baking powder

    1 tsp baking soda

    ½ tsp salt

    190ml vegetable oil

    3 eggs

    300ml buttermilk

    3 drops green food gel

    2 tsp vanilla extract

    silver luster dust (see notes)

    1 tsp vodka

    Chocolate sauce

    2 drops black food gel

    Frosting

    1 batch Fluffy Vanilla Buttercream Frosting

    2 drops green food gel

    2 drops black food gel (add more if you want it darker

    Item Name: Availability:
    Large Mixing Bowls
    Spatula
    Magic Whisk (for wet ingredients)
    Kitchen Scales
    Stand Mixer (or hand mixer)
    Wire Rack
    Frosting Bag
    Tablespoon
    Measuring Spoons
    Cupcake Baking Tin
    Paper liners
    Ice Cream Scoop (optional)
    Straws
    Toothpick or Skewer
    Small Pointy Food Safe Paintbrush
    Squeeze Bottle

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