Forget about regular frosting when the holidays come around. A special day, or night in the case of Halloween, calls for something over-the-top when it comes to dessert, not just a pile of plain chocolate buttercream on a cupcake. This is a ghost cupcake from the Wheatbery Bakery Cafe in Pasadena, California. The spirited treat was captured by Jill of Jill's Notebook. She reported that the ghost was made out of a "marshmellow substance," which sounds like it might have been a very light fondant (the stuff used to smoothly cover wedding cakes), which is very malleable and easy to shape. Underneath the sheet was a mound of green buttercream. Jill didn't report on how it tasted, but as long as the flavor was half as good as the appearance of the cake, we can assume that it tasted great.
If you want to try sculpting a little ghostly sheet for your own Halloween cupcakes, you can usually find pre-made fondant at baking supply stores or at craft stores that also have a section of baking equipment.
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10-30-2006 @ 6:51AM
Jill said...
Surprisingly to me, it turned out to be a marshmellow substance of some sort on top, but there was a bright green buttercream frosting hidden underneath. (That’s a gum drop you see there through his eyes, though.)
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10-30-2006 @ 2:13PM
Barb said...
I've tried using the pre-made fondant from Wilton before, and it was AWFUL. Making your own isn't that hard, and it tastes 1000% better.
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11-06-2006 @ 8:25PM
Mel said...
AWW that is darling!
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