The Crows Recipe

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  1. 1 Preheat the oven to 350°F. Line a 12-hole muffin pan with 12 large paper cupcake liners. Put the egg whites, 2 tablespoons of the milk, and the vanilla extract in a medium bowl and mix together with a fork.
  2. 2 Sift the flour, baking powder, and salt into a large bowl. Stir in the sugar. Add the butter and the remaining milk and, using an electric mixer, beat together until combined. Gradually beat in the egg white mixture. Spoon the batter into the paper liners. Bake for about 20 minutes, turning once halfway through baking, until well risen and firm to the touch. Transfer to a wire rack and let cool.
  3. 3 Dust the counter with cornstarch and roll out the fondant to a thickness of 1/8 inch. Using a 2 1/2 to 3-inch round cutter, cut out 12 circle s that will cover the cupcakes.
  4. 4 Use a teaspoon to create an indentation in the center of each cupcake and spoon 2 teaspoons raspberry jam into each. Cover each jam circle with a fondant circle.
  5. 5 To make the crows, divide the black Half & Half into 12 equal-size pieces. Reserving a tiny amount for the lower beak, roll one piece of the Half & Half into a ball. Squeeze and pinch the top of the ball to form the head. Squeeze, pinch, and flatten the other end of the ball to create the tail. From the head, squeeze and pinch out a long, pointy beak shape. Roll the reserved piece of Half & Half into another beak shape, but curving down at the tip. Attach below the upper beak with water, to make the beak appear open. Repeat to make another 11 crows.
  6. 6 With a craft knife, cut a long slit from just inside the edge of the fondant circle to 1/2 inch away from the edge on the opposite edge of the circle. Make a second cut that starts at the same point as the first and is the same length, but ends 1/4 inch apart from the first cut.
  7. 7 Pull up the fondant strip to expose the raspberry jam below, then use water to attach the point of the strip to the inside of the crow's beak.
  8. 8 Attach the crow to the fondant circle with water. If necessary, anchor the crow to the cupcake with a small piece of toothpick. Using a pastry bag or parchment paper cone fitted with a fine plain piping tip, pipe red Royal Icing eyes onto the crow. Use a craft knife to score crow footprints on the fondant. Place the Maggots in the raspberry jam. Repeat to decorate the remaining cupcakes.
  9. From Zombie Cupcakes: From the grave to the table with 16 cupcake corpses by Zilly Rosen, (C) © 2011 Andrews McMeel Publishing, LLC
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 366.13 Kcal (1533 kJ)
Calories from fat 71.14 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 7.9g 12%
Cholesterol 20.64mg 7%
Sodium 75mg 3%
Potassium 193.39mg 4%
Total Carbs 70.02g 23%
Sugars 45.81g 183%
Dietary Fiber 0.95g 4%
Protein 3.89g 8%
Vitamin A 0.1mg 3%
Iron 0.3mg 2%
Calcium 80.4mg 8%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 321.59 Kcal (1346 kJ)
Calories from fat 62.48 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 6.94g 12%
Cholesterol 18.13mg 7%
Sodium 65.88mg 3%
Potassium 169.86mg 4%
Total Carbs 61.51g 23%
Sugars 40.24g 183%
Dietary Fiber 0.83g 4%
Protein 3.42g 8%
Vitamin A 0.1mg 3%
Iron 0.3mg 2%
Calcium 70.6mg 8%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Weightwatchers Points

  • 7.8
    Points
  • 10
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free,
  • low sodium,
  • low cholesterol

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