It's all about the frosting

I personally think frosting is the most important part of a cupcake.  If the frosting is too grainy, sweet, or stale tasting...forget it!

I used a box cake mix for the Halloween cupcakes I made (pictured above), but I, of course, made the frosting from scratch.

Cream Cheese Frosting

1/4 c butter, softened

1 package cream cheese, softened

1bx (1lb) powdered sugar

Instructions: with a mixer on medium to medium/high, cream the butter and cream cheese and then slowly add the powdered sugar.  I added a couple drops of food coloring to make the frosting orange.