Ghoulish Halloween cupcakes
Ingredients
- Step 1 100g butter , cubed
- Step 2 100g plain chocolate
- Step 3 100g golden caster sugar
- Step 4 1 egg
- Step 5 ½ tsp vanilla extract
- Step 6 125g self-raising flour
- Step 7 250g white fondant icing
- Step 8 500g mixed pack coloured fondant
- Step 9 paper cases
- Step 10 icing pens
- Step 11 icing eyes
Calories: 183
Carbohydrate: 21 g
Protein: 2 g
Fat: 10 g
Cook time: 85 minutes
Prep time: 60 minutes
Total time: 145 minutes
Servings: 12
TAGS
Afternoon tea
Dessert
Treat
Autumn
Baking
Cupcake
Dessert
Family friendly
halloween
Kids cooking
Lulu Grime
Sweet treat
Vegetarian
Directions
- Step 1 Heat oven to 160C/140C fan/gas 3. Line a 12-hole cupcake tin with paper cases. Gently melt the butter, chocolate, sugar and 100ml hot water together in a large saucepan, stirring occasionally. Set aside to cool a little.
- Step 2 Stir the egg and vanilla into the chocolate mixture. Put the flour in a large mixing bowl, then add the chocolate mixture and stir until smooth. Divide the mixture evenly between the paper cases; they should be about three-quarters full. Bake on a low shelf in the oven for 20-22 mins. Press on the cupcakes to check if they're cooked; the tops should spring back. Remove from the oven and leave to cool.
- Step 3 Use the image above as a guide to decorating the cupcakes. Packet fondant can often be quite sticky; if yours is, pat walnut-sized lumps of fondant over the surface of each cake, rather than trying to roll it all out. Knead yellow and red fondant together to make orange icing. Make extra decorations, like hair and mouths, out of fondant and stick them on using a little water. Use the icing pens to draw lines in the fondant. Add icing eyes wherever you like.