Creepy Chocolate Cupcakes - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    1/2 cup butter, at room temperature
    1 cup granulated sugar
    1 tsp vanilla extract
    2 None large eggs
    1 1/2 cups self-rising flour
    1/2 cup cocoa powder
    3/4 cup milk
    -1 None Buttercream Frosting
    1/2 cup butter, softened
    1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
    2 tbsp milk
    None None orange food coloring
    24 None mini M&M's, to decorate
    12 None Ferrero Rocher chocolate, halved, to decorate
    None None black decorating writing gel, to decorate
Preparation
    Preheat oven to 350\u00b0F. Line a 12-cup muffin pan with orange paper liners.
    In a stand mixer, cream butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. Add vanilla extract. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Sift flour and cocoa powder together. Fold into batter, alternating with milk. Distribute between paper liners and bake for 25 mins, until a skewer inserted in the center comes out clean. Let cool in pan for 5 mins then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
    Meanwhile, to make the buttercream frosting, cream butter until pale. Beat in 1/2 the sugar, milk then remaining sugar. Tinto orange with food coloring then spread over cooled cupcakes. Decorate with mini M&M's, Ferrero Rocher chocolates and black writing gel. Serve.

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