Halloween Fondant Ghost Cupcakes

Name: Halloween Fondant Ghost Cupcakes
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 16 min
Total time: 2 h 71 min
Yield: 12 cupcakes
Ingredients: 1 cup all-purpose flour; 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour; ½ cup unsweetened cocoa powder; 1 teaspoon baking soda; 1 teaspoon salt; 1 cup white sugar; ½ cup butter; 1 egg; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 1 cup milk; 1 (16 ounce) package vanilla frosting; 6 large marshmallows, cut in half crosswise; 2 tablespoons confectioners' sugar, or as needed; 8 ounces ready-to-use white fondant; 12 raisins, halved

Rating: 5 stars

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I made these little fondant ghosts last year for Halloween as my creepy dessert and they were so easy and quick to decorate that I will make them every year from now on.

By barbara

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Recipe Summary

prep:

40 mins

cook:

16 mins

additional:

2 hrs 15 mins

total:

3 hrs 11 mins

Servings:

Yield:

12 cupcakes

Nutrition Info

Directions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 12-cup muffin tin or line cups with paper liners.

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Step 2

Sift 1 cup plus 2 tablespoons flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt together in a bowl.
Step 3

Combine sugar and butter in a large bowl; beat with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Beat in egg and vanilla extract. Mix in flour mixture alternately with milk. Beat until batter is just blended.
Step 4

Bake in the preheated oven until tops spring back when lightly pressed and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 16 to 20 minutes. Remove from oven and cool on a wire rack for 15 minutes. Remove cupcakes from tin and cool completely, about 2 hours.
Step 5

Frost each cupcake with a thin layer of white vanilla frosting. Place 1 marshmallow half, cut-side up, in the center of each cupcake.
Step 6

Dust a work surface with confectioners' sugar. Pinch off walnut-sized pieces of white fondant; roll into thin circles that are slightly bigger than the cupcakes. Drape over the marshmallows so they look like ghosts. Poke 2 holes near the top for the eyes. Stuff 1 raisin half into each hole.