A super scary, fun-to-dress-up-on, holiday - but I must admit I've only ever been trick-or-treating once before.
Mind you, I had the most fun I had had all year, but that's not the point - Halloween just hasn't been picked up as a major holiday in Australia like it is in America, or even the UK nowadays.
Candy, treats, dress-ups and parties. Why don't people get into that?
Anyway, since I've just finished exams, some spooky cupcakes are in order, regardless of whether anyone comes to my door to pick get these yummy treats (more for me, then!)
So, to make this super scary graveyard cupcakes, you'll need to bake up some chocolate cupcakes - I've used chocolate because it needs to look like dirt, but if chocolate is not your preference then make whatever flavour you choose!
Pick up some Betty Crocker's ready-made icing (vanilla flavour is what I used, but in hindsight fudge probably would've been best) and then smash up with a rolling pin half a packet of chocolate biscuits.
Smear over some icing, then press a handful of the smashed biscuits onto the cupcakes. There! You've made some deliciously scrummy and realistic dirt. Hurray!
Next, you'll need some ready-made fondant. (I just bought some from my local supermarket) and cut out a sort of rectangle, then curve one edge to look like a gravestone. It doesn't matter if it breaks of tears a little; it'll just make it look even older and more spooky.
To write some creepy things on your gravestones (think: RIP, Look out!, Dead...) dip a toothpick into some red food colouring and write to your heart's content, before pressing the fondant pieces into the icing on your cupcakes. It's a little difficult to write neatly with toothpick, I admit, but the slanted and slightly shaky style suits the theme of the day, don't you think?
And there you have it! Some spooky gravestone cupcakes to give to all those trick or treaters coming to your door tonight - or else, to eat all on your own! :)
