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Ghost Cupcakes
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Ghost Cupcakes

Make ghost shaped cupcakes for a fun Halloween treat
Prep Time20 minutes
Active Time14 minutes
cooling and decorating15 minutes
Total Time49 minutes
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Yield: 24
Calories: 131cal
Author: Melissa Haines
Cost: $10

Equipment

  • cupcake tin
  • cupcake wrappers
  • foil
  • piping bag with large round piping tip

Materials

  • 1 box cake mix I used Betty Crocker Triple Chocolate Fudge
  • 1 cup water
  • ½ cup oil
  • 3 large eggs
  • 1 16 oz. frosting white
  • 1 1 oz. decorating gel black

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 350 degrees
  • In order to make a ghost cupcake then you will need to first - in a large bowl mix your cake mix with the necessary ingredients like eggs, oil, water, and mix
  • Then, you'll line your cupcakes with white cupcake wrappers
  • Rip off strips of foil and tear those into small squares - about 2x2 inches
  • Roll the foil squares into balls of foil
  • Spoon or pour cupcake batter into cupcake wrappers until they are about 2/3 full
  • Place 4 foil balls around each filled wrapper in the shape of a cross
  • Bake the cupcakes for about 15 minutes
  • Let the cupcakes completely cool
  • Spoon frosting into the piping bag
  • Pipe frosting into a cross shape onto each cupcake
  • Spread and shape the frosting around the cupcake into a ghost figure
  • For the tail, pull the frosting past the cupcake and down a little bit into a tip
  • Decorate the face of the ghost with the black decorating gel

Notes

nutrition facts are only an estimate 

Nutrition

Calories: 131cal | Carbohydrates: 18g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 6g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Trans Fat: 0.1g | Cholesterol: 23mg | Sodium: 159mg | Potassium: 22mg | Fiber: 0.2g | Sugar: 9g | Vitamin A: 34IU | Calcium: 51mg | Iron: 1mg