STEP 1 Set your oven to 170º (or 150º if you have a fan oven) and leave it to heat up while you’re making your cake mix. Boring, but important, that. In a large bowl, mix together your flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking powder and 40g of the butter, until it looks a bit like chocolatey grit. If you have a mixer, this stage will be much easier – but it’s still possible to do it with a wooden spoon and some patience!
3 MATERIALS 100g plain flour, 140g caster sugar, 20g cocoa powder, 1½ tsp baking powder, 120ml milk, one large egg, vanilla extract, 190g butter (take it out of the fridge about an hour before you start), 450g icing sugar, black food dye, red wine gums, licorice sticks, icing bag, plain dark-coloured cake cases, 12-hole mufin tin
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SPIDER CUPCAKES One of the worst things about spiders – both in Minecraft and in real life – is their eight horrible legs. Eight! That’s almost ten! We decided to turn this grim feature of their anatomy to our advantage, turning their icky appendages into tasty licorice sticks. Oh, and turning their bodies into delicious home-baked chocolate cupcakes. And their evil eyes into wine gums. Basically, if Willy Wonka turned into a zookeeper, we would be his favourite employees…
STEP 2 Crack in your egg, add a small splash of vanilla essense and mix it together – then add the milk a little bit at a time. Don’t worry if the batter you end up with seems runnier than a normal cake mix – you’ll end up with lovely, light cupcakes this way.