Tricks or Treats? Spooky or Cute?

Have a ghoulishly good time this Halloween with these meringue ghosts canvassing round your neighborhood. Happy spookiest weekend!

Meringue Ghosts

please refer methods & video  reference at Joy of Baking

Ingredients:

4 large whites (120 grams)

1/2 tsp cream of tartar

200 grams superfine or caster sugar

*Note from Joy of Baking: If you don't have superfine sugar,  simply take 1 cup (200 grams) granulated white sugar and process it for about 30 seconds in a food processor.

1/2 tsp pure vanilla extract

handful of mini chocolate chips

Jessie's note: these meringue ghosts taste very much like cotton candy, crisp from outside and chewy in the inside. I find it too sweet for my liking, i would suggest reduce the sugar a little without affecting too much of the whites volume.

Classic Chocolate Cupcakes:

adapted from: Fergal Connolly 500 cupcakes & muffins

Ingredients:

225g Unsalted butter (soften)

225g Caster sugar

225g Self-raising flour

1 tsp baking powder

4 tbsp Dutch-process cocoa powder

4 eggs

1 tsp Vanilla essence

Method:

1. Preheat oven to 175deg C

2. Line paper cases in muffin tin

3. Combine all the ingredients in a large bowl, whisk with an electric until smooth, about 5 minutes.

4. Spoon the batter into the cases.

5. Bake about 20mins

6. Remove cupcakes and cool on rack

      

Have Fun!