KETO SUGAR FREE HALLOWEEN GHOST CUPCAKES
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These immensely scary ghosts perched up on top of delicious, sweet cupcakes topped with butter frosting make the perfect kets-friendly Halloween treat for everyone.
Author: Antya
Recipe type: Desserts
Cuisine: Ketogenic. Sugar Free. Low Carb. LCHF. Grain Free. Gluten Free.
Yield: 12
Ingredients
For the cupcakes:
- 100g unsalted butter (room temperature)
- 60g eythritol (click HERE for U.S. option)
- ½ tsp pure stevia powder (click HERE for U.S. option)
- 3 large eggs
- 30g unsweetened dark cocoa powder (U.S.option HERE)
- 20g chocolate flavour whey protein (click HERE for U.S. option)
- 15g lupin flour (for U.S. option, click HERE) (for world-wide, click HERE and use code QUEENKETO5 for discount at checkout)
- 1 tsp baking powder
- pinch of fine Himalayan pink salt (click HERE for U.S. option)
For the butter frosting:
- 50g unsalted butter (room temperature)
- 100g Sukrin icing "sugar" (U.S. alternative HERE) (or make your own)
- ½ tbsp water (more or less)
- 1 tablet (powdered and sifted) activated charcoal
- ½ tsp maqui berry powder (click HERE for U.S. option)
For the ghosts:
- 3 egg whites
- 4-5 drops lemon juice or apple cider vinegar (for U.S. option, click HERE)
- 4-5 drops liquid vanilla stevia
- 6 tbsp + ½ tsp Sukrin icing "sugar" (U.S. alternative HERE) (or make your own)
- ⅛ tsp guar gum (for U.S. option, click HERE)
Instructions
To make the cupcakes:
- pre-heat oven to 180C static.
- beat butter and sweeteners using an electric whisk.
- add eggs one at a time, whisking continuously.
- incorporate dry ingredients as you sift them.
- mix well, then divide mixture between 12 muffin/cupcake moulds.
- bake for 20 mins, then open oven door and leave inside oven for another 10 mins before removing.
- set aside to cool completely.
To make the frosting:
- beat butter, ⅓ icing "sugar" and water, then add remainder of icing "sugar'' ⅓ at a time.
- incorporate powdered charcoal tablet (sifted).
- to achieve a silver-purple hue, add maqui berry powder.
- stir well, then transfer to a sac a poche and pipe over your cooled muffins.
To make the ghosts:
- whisk egg whites until they begin to firm up, then incorporate erythritol, ½ at a time.
- stop whisking when the meringue is firm and glossy.
- line an oven tray with a sheet of parchment paper and pipe pyramidal shapes onto it.
- bake at 60°C fan (80°C static) for 3 hours or until dry, with oven door ajar.
To make the ghosts' eyes:
- make water icing (1/2 tsp icing sugar and a few drops of water).
- add black food colouring or powdered charcoal tablet (add a little at a time until the desired tint is achieved).
- dip a small flat artist's paint brush into the water icing and paint eyes onto the meringue ghosts.
Notes
Nutrition for cupcakes alone: Kcal 102; F 9g; C 0.7g; P 3.4g.
Nutrition for cupcakes with frosting: Kcal 133; F 12.5g; C 0.75g; P 3.4g.
Nutrition for meringues alone: Kcal 4; F 0.1g; C 0.1g; P 1g.
Meringue ghosts will keep for several days at rom temperature.
Cupcakes will keep for several days if placed in a sealed container and refrigerated.
Metric kitchen scales are an inexpensive yet invaluable gadget to enable accurate measurement of ingredients. Store them upright in a cupboard or over your worktop and they'll only take up a tiny bit of space. Click HERE for the ones I use (UK Link). For U.S. option click HERE.
Nutrition for cupcakes with frosting: Kcal 133; F 12.5g; C 0.75g; P 3.4g.
Nutrition for meringues alone: Kcal 4; F 0.1g; C 0.1g; P 1g.
Meringue ghosts will keep for several days at rom temperature.
Cupcakes will keep for several days if placed in a sealed container and refrigerated.
Metric kitchen scales are an inexpensive yet invaluable gadget to enable accurate measurement of ingredients. Store them upright in a cupboard or over your worktop and they'll only take up a tiny bit of space. Click HERE for the ones I use (UK Link). For U.S. option click HERE.
Nutrition
Serving: 1 Calories: 137 Fat: 12.6g Net Carbs: 0.85g Protein: 4.4g
Recipe by Queen Keto at https://queenketo.com/keto-sugar-free-halloween-ghost-cupcakes/