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Little Ghosts Cupcakes

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Total time52 minutes
Servings24 cupcakes
Calories117

Here’s another fun Mini-cupcake: Little Bloody Ghosts. They are a spooky Thanksgiving cupcake treat. Try these little fellows. Making them is fun for the whole family. Make your mini cupcakes from scratch and, if you feel crazy for amazing taste, make your own white chocolate marshmellow fondant. It really is worth the extra effort.

Ghosts Mini cupcakes

The spooky cupcakes contain of vanilla cupcakes. Add mini marshmallows to add the height and then roll and cut your Marshmallow Fondant. Drape it over the marshmallows and add little details. Easy peasy as that!

Variations

Add whatever you like to your cupcakes. Try dried or fresh fruit, nuts, chocolate chips or brittle.

Busy mom?

If you are in a hurry or like it simple, use store bought mini cupcakes and pre made fondant for this recipe. This just works as well.

You like spooky sweet treats? Check out all of our Halloween treats, or our famous Haunted House Cupcake Tower.

Spooky Ghost Mini Cupcakes

Total time52 minutes
Preparation time40 minutes
Cooking time12 minutes

Ingredients
 
 

For the mini cupcakes
  • 6 tablespoons butter
  • cups sugar
  • 1 egg
  • cups flour
  • ¼ teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 pinch of salt
  • ¼ cup heavy cream
  • ½ cup milk
  • ½ teaspoon Vanilla essence
For the ghost sheets:

Step by Step
 

  1. Preheat the oven to 375° F (180° C).
  2. For the cupcakes, beat the soft (room temperature) butter in a bowl with the sugar until pale and fluffy. Then add the egg and stir in well. Add the sifted flour, the pinch of salt and the baking soda. Mix everything together with a cooking spoon.
  3. Then add milk, vanilla and heavy cream and blend until the batter is just combined.
  4. Pour the cupcake batter into the mini cupcake pan and bake for 10 – 12 minutes.
    Set timer
    Remove from oven and let cool.
  5. Prepare your ingredients and tools for the ghost sheets.
    Make your butter cream frosting or take out of the fridge.
  6. Pipe the buttercream frosting in a single layer on top of the cupcakes. Stack up two Mini-Marshmallows using frosting as glue and add it to the cupcake. Allow the frosting to dry as you make your ghosts.
    PS Bloody Ghost (2)
  7. Massage the fondant with your hands coated in Crisco. Roll out and cut 3 inch circles.
    Carefully add the circles over the marshmallows and position the fondant to make the folds.
    PS Bloody Ghost (3)
  8. Prepare the food coloring. Using a toothpick, add bloody details and faces. Smiling or grim, whatever you prefer. Create somd red marks at the sheet edges.
  9. Store in the fridge until served.
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Nutrition

Serving: 1 cupcakeCalories: 117 kcalCarbohydrates: 16 gProtein: 1 gFat: 6 gSaturated Fat: 3 gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1 gMonounsaturated Fat: 2 gTrans Fat: 0.1 gCholesterol: 18 mgSodium: 74 mgPotassium: 21 mgFiber: 0.1 gSugar: 13 gVitamin A: 142 IUVitamin C: 0.01 mgCalcium: 11 mgIron: 0.2 mg
Servings: 24 cupcakes
Course: Cupcakes
Cuisine: American

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Serve to your Halloween Ghouls!


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Susanne Queck

Susanne Queck

I'm Suzy, the baker and dessert maker behind this blog since 2021. Baking is my lifelong passion, where I find the magic in transforming basic ingredients into works of art. Join me in my sweet journey! More about me.

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