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Ghost Cupcakes

These Ghost Cupcakes are a simple spooky treat anyone can throw together for a little Halloween fun!

These Ghost Cupcakes are a simple spooky treat anyone can throw together for a little Halloween fun!

Ghost Cupcakes

**This recipe yields 12 decorated cupcakes and most cake mixes make 24 so we suggest cutting the recipe in half

Ingredients:

Chocolate cake mix + all the ingredients to make it
1 stick unsalted butter, softened
2 cups confectioners sugar
1 tbsp milk
6-8 oz. white fondant
1-2 oz. black fondant

Directions:

Line a muffin tin with cupcake liners and set aside.

Preheat oven according to cake mix’s directions.

Prepare cupcakes and bake according to the box’s recipe. Allow to cool completely before decorating.

In a medium-sized bowl, use an electric mixer to beat together butter, sugar and milk.

Once the ingredients are well-incorporated and form semi-stiff peaks, the buttercream has formed.

Scoop buttercream into a piping bag, with a small slit cut at the bottom.

Frost the center of each cupcake, forming a peak that’s about an inch high.

Using a rolling pin, roll out the white fondant so that it’s about ¼ of an inch thick.

Use a 3 inch circular cookie cutter to cut out 12 fondant circles.

Roll out each fondant circle so that it’s about 4 ½ inches in diameter – the circle itself doesn’t have to be perfect.

Place one rolled fondant on top of the cupcake – it will fold and curve naturally but that’s okay. The beauty of these cupcakes is that they don’t need to be uniform.

For each cupcake, roll out 2 small spheres from the black fondant. Flatten each one and give them an oval shape.

Lightly brush water on the back of each black fondant piece.

Stick two on each ghost – these will act as the cupcake ghost’s “eyes.”

Serve and enjoy!

Ghost Cupcakes
Yield: 12 cupcakes

Ghost Cupcakes

Prep Time: 30 minutes
Total Time: 30 minutes

These Ghost Cupcakes are a simple spooky treat anyone can throw together for a little Halloween fun!

Ingredients

  • Chocolate cake mix + all the ingredients to make it
  • 1 stick unsalted butter, softened
  • 2 cups confectioners sugar
  • 1 tbsp milk
  • 6-8 oz. white fondant
  • 1-2 oz. black fondant

Instructions

Line a muffin tin with cupcake liners and set aside.

Preheat oven according to cake mix’s directions.

Prepare cupcakes and bake according to the box’s recipe. Allow to cool completely before decorating.

In a medium-sized bowl, use an electric mixer to beat together butter, sugar and milk.

Once the ingredients are well-incorporated and form semi-stiff peaks, the buttercream has formed.

Scoop buttercream into a piping bag, with a small slit cut at the bottom.

Frost the center of each cupcake, forming a peak that’s about an inch high.

Using a rolling pin, roll out the white fondant so that it’s about ¼ of an inch thick.

Use a 3 inch circular cookie cutter to cut out 12 fondant circles.

Roll out each fondant circle so that it’s about 4 ½ inches in diameter – the circle itself doesn’t have to be perfect.

Place one rolled fondant on top of the cupcake – it will fold and
curve naturally but that’s okay. The beauty of these cupcakes is that
they don’t need to be uniform.

For each cupcake, roll out 2 small spheres from the black fondant. Flatten each one and give them an oval shape.

Lightly brush water on the back of each black fondant piece.

Stick two on each ghost – these will act as the cupcake ghost’s “eyes.”

Serve and enjoy!

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These Ghost Cupcakes are a simple spooky treat anyone can throw together for a little Halloween fun!

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