Let’s make Black Velvet Bat cupcake, a Halloween treat you never know you need! Moist black velvet layers, creamy Oreo filling, and a fun bat design make it the perfect Halloween treat. It is so light, fluffy, moist, and mouthwatering! I can’t decide if is it scary or cute. A black velvet cake is like a delicious cross between a rich and deep dark chocolate cake and a red velvet cake. It’s kind of the best of both worlds! Though, the secret to it’s deep color is not food coloring, but actually black cocoa powder.

Black velvet cupcake 1. In a mixing bowl, combine all the dry ingredients except sugar and whisk until well combined. 2. In another mixing bowl, beat vegetable oil with sugar over medium speed until fluffy and light in color. Add egg, buttermilk, and vanilla extract then beat again until just combine.

3. Add in the dry mixture into the wet mixture and whisk to combine. Turn the mixer to low, stream the hot water into the batter, then turn the mixer to medium let it whisk up until smooth. 4. Spoon the batter into the prepared cupcake liners, filling them ⅔ of the liners. 5. Bake for 20 minutes until when you inserted a wooden toothpick and it comes out mostly clean. Remove from the oven and let it cool.

Frosting 1. Beat the butter over medium speed until fluffy and creamy, scrape the side and bottom of the bowl with a spatula. Gradually add powdered sugar, scrape the side of the bowl and mix until the sugar is well incorporated. 2. Add in vanilla and heavy cream (1 tbsp at a time) and beat until light and fluffy. Transfer the vanilla buttercream to a piping bag fitted with a closed star piping nozzle.

Assembly 1. Wings: Separate six oreo cookies and remove the filling. Carefully cut the oreo cookie that doesn't have cream in half with a knife. 2. Separate the oreo cookies then divide the cream into two so each layer cookie have a half cream. Stick the wings on the cream and stick the other half of the oreo cookie to sandwich the wings. Gently press the cookies to seal everything together. 3. Add a bit of unused cream to the sugar eyes, and place then on the cookie. 4. Swirl the vanilla buttercream on top of the cupcake then garnish it with oreo bat cookie. Enjoy!