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Spooky Marshmallow Cupcakes

by Northern Life

Spooky food for gourmet ghouls

INGREDIENT

  • 30g chocolate buttercream 100g caster sugar
  • 100g butter, softened
  • 100g cocoa powder
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tsp vanilla paste or vanilla extract
  • 100g The Groovy Food Company Coconut Flour, sifted 20ml milk

To decorate

  • 24 white marshmallows 50g (2oz) dark chocolate

METHOD

  1. Preheat the oven to gas 3, 170°C, fan 150°C. Line two mini cupcake tins with 24 mini paper cupcake cases. In a mixing bowl, combine the sugar and butter.
  2. Beat with an electric whisk for 2-3 minutes until light and fluffy.
  3. Whisk in the eggs, one at a time, followed by the vanilla.
  4. Fold in the flour, milk. cocoa powder and then divide the mixture between the paper cases. Bake for 9-10 minutes, until risen, golden and springy to the touch.
  5. Remove from the oven and leave to cool completely on a wire rack.
  6. Apply the chocolate buttercream to the top of each cupcake as a resting place for your marshmallow skulls/ghosts.
  7. Add black icing eyes/mouths to your marshmallows to make spooky faces. Serve and enjoy!

For a Halloween feast, why not also try Roasted Cauliflower Brain with Green Slime Hummus and Dead Man’s Finger Sandwiches?

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