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Ingredients: (makes 12 cupcakes)
For the cake:
•    175 grams butter
•    175 grams golden caster sugar
•    300 grams self-raising flour, sieved
•    3 medium eggs
•    5 tablespoons milk
•    1/2 teaspoon baking powder
•    100 grams cooked pumpkin or butternut squash, mashed
•    50 grams chocolate and hazelnut spread
•    zest of 1 orange
For the topping:
•    115 grams icing sugar
•    a little orange juice
•    55 grams plain chocolate, melted or use chocolate and hazelnut spread
•    liquorice sweets and laces to decorate

Method:
1.    Preheat the oven to 200 celsius.  Then place the first six ingredients into a bowl, and beat with a wooden spoon until the mixture is smooth.
2.    Stir in pumpkin mash and orange zest.
3.    Divide half the mixture evenly between the 12 paper cases.
4.    Add a half teaspoon chocolate spread and then top with remaining mix.  Bake in a pre-heated oven for 20-25 minutes. 
5.    Add a little orange juice to the icing sugar until thick and spread over the muffins.
6.    Pipe the melted chocolate in 4 circles over the top and then drag a skewer through to give the cobweb effect. Place the sweets and laces on top to look like a spider.

Recipe created for Hubbub for their #EatYourPumpkin campaign