Desserts
Ghost Cupcakes
Serves 8
Ingredients
- 175g self-raising flour
- 110g caster sugar
- 1tsp baking powder
- 110g Kerrygold Pure Irish Unsalted Butter
- 2 large eggs
- 50ml water / milk
- Orange FOOD colouring
Royal Icing
- 2 large egg whites
- 3 cups icing sugar
- 1tsp lemon juice
To decorate
- 8 Marshmallows
- 50g dark chocolate
Directions
- Preheat the oven to 180°c and line a cupcake tray with paper cases.
- In a large bowl combine all the dry ingredients. Make a well in the centre of the bowl and break in the 2 eggs and add the butter in small pieces. Using an electric hand mixer beat all the ingredients together until combined.
- Add in half the milk/water and beat again until combined. You are looking for the batter to be light and creamy. Add the rest of the liquid if you need it- you may not.
- Add a drop or two of orange food colouring and mix through. Add further food colouring until you achieve your desired colour.
- Divide the batter evenly into the paper cases and place in an oven for 15-20 minutes or until firm and light brown on top.
- Allow to cool on a wire rack before applying the Decorating.
For the Royal Icing:
- Combine the egg whites and icing sugar in a medium-size mixing bowl and whip with an electric mixer on medium speed until opaque and shiny, about 5 minutes.
- Whisk in the lemon juice, this will thin out the icing. Beat for another couple of minutes until you reach a thin spreading consistency.
To Decorate:
- Once the cupcake has cooled, drizzle the thinly consisted royal icing over the top, allowing this to spill over the edges of the cupcake.
- Using a clean paintbrush, dab the melted chocolate onto each marshmallow to draw a ghoulish ghost face.
- Nestle your marshmallow ghost on top of each iced cake while icing is still wet and leave to set.
