Halloween Ghost Cupcakes

Name: Halloween Ghost Cupcakes
Total time: P1H20M
Yield: 12
Cuisine: Fusion
Ingredients: butter, unsalted; root beer; cocoa powder; flour; sugar; baking powder; baking soda; salt; sour cream; eggs; vanilla extract; egg whites; sugar; cream of tartar; salt; banana extract; food coloring; -

Make some halloween cupcakes with your kids, so much fun!

Yield

12 servings

Prep

18 min

Cook

26 min

Ready

80 min

Trans-fat Free, Low Sodium

Ingredients

Amount	Measure	Ingredient	Features
For the cupcakes
¾	cup	butter, unsalted 1 1/2 sticks, cut into pieces
½	cup	root beer flat	*
⅓	cup	cocoa powder unsweetened dutch-processed
1 ¼	cups	all-purpose flour
1 ¼	cups	sugar
½	teaspoon	baking powder
¼	teaspoon	baking soda
¼	teaspoon	salt
¼	cup	sour cream
2	large	eggs at room temperature
1	teaspoon	vanilla extract pure
For the frosting
8	large	egg whites
1 ½	cups	sugar
½	teaspoon	cream of tartar
1	pinch	salt	*
1	teaspoon	banana extract or more to taste	*
1	drop	food coloring pastel, optional	*
1	x	- candied eyeballs	*

Ingredients

Amount	Measure	Ingredient	Features

For the cupcakes:
177	ml	butter, unsalted 1 1/2 sticks, cut into pieces
118	ml	root beer flat	*
79	ml	cocoa powder unsweetened dutch-processed
296	ml	all-purpose flour
296	ml	sugar
2.5	ml	baking powder
1.3	ml	baking soda
1.3	ml	salt
59	ml	sour cream
2	large	eggs at room temperature
5	ml	vanilla extract pure

For the frosting:
8	large	egg whites
355	ml	sugar
2.5	ml	cream of tartar
1	pinch	salt	*
5	ml	banana extract or more to taste	*
1	drop	food coloring pastel, optional	*
1	x	- candied eyeballs	*

Directions

Preheat the oven to 350℉ (180℃).

Line 12 standard muffin tins with cupcake liners or sprayed with cooking spray.

Add the butter, root beer, and cocoa in a microwave-safe bowl, cover with plastic wrap, and microwave on HIGH until the butter melts, about 2 minutes. Stir to combine.

Meanwhile, mix together the flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a large bowl.

Combine the sour cream, eggs, and vanilla together in a small bowl.

Stir in the hot cocoa mixture into the dry ingredients.

Stir in the sour cream mixture just to combine, do not to overmix.

Divide the batter evenly between the prepared muffin cups, filling each one about ¾ of the way full, about ¼ cup per cupcake.

Bake cupcakes until a wooden stick or toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean, 24 to 26 minutes.

Cool the cupcakes completely in the tin on a rack. Remove from liners and transfer cupcakes onto a wire rack.

Frosting:

Bring a few inches of water to a boil in a saucepan that can hold a mixer's bowl above the water.

Mix the egg whites, sugar, cream of tartar, and salt in the bowl by hand, whisk until well combined.

Set the bowl above the boiling water and continue whisking until the mixture is hot to the touch and the sugar dissolves, about 1 to 2 minutes.

Transfer the mixture to a standing mixer fitted with the whisk attachment and beat at medium-high speed until eggs beat up into a cool stiff meringue, about 5 minutes.

Add a few drops of desired extract and/or food coloring and lightly beat into the meringue.

Decorate:

Using a spoon, offset spatula or piping bag, dollop, spread or pipe about ½ cup meringue on top of each cupcake to make a ghost or monster of your choice.

Decorate with candied eyeballs or other candies.

These cupcakes can be finished 2 to 3 hours in advance and held at room temperature.

Make 12 cupcakes.