🌌 Midnight Glow Cupcakes
🧁 Cupcake Base:
1 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
2/3 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup vegetable oil
2 large eggs
1/2 cup buttermilk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions:
1 Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C). Line a cupcake pan with liners.
2 In a bowl, whisk flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
3 In another bowl, beat sugar, oil, eggs, vanilla, and buttermilk until smooth.
4 Gradually add dry ingredients to wet and mix until just combined.
5 Fill liners 2/3 full. Bake 16–18 minutes. Cool completely.
✨ Glow Frosting:
1 cup unsalted butter, softened
4 cups powdered sugar
1/4 cup tonic water (for glow)
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Neon food coloring (blue, green, pink, yellow)
Edible glow glitter or luster dust
Instructions:
1 Beat butter until fluffy. Add sugar gradually.
2 Mix in vanilla and tonic water until smooth and pipeable.
3 Divide frosting into bowls, tint with neon colors.
4 Add to a piping bag side by side for swirl effect.
5 Pipe onto cupcakes. Sprinkle with edible glow glitter.
🕯 Serve under blacklight for that glowing galaxy effect!