Description
Forget Me Not Cupcakes are whimsical, creatively decorated cupcakes featuring mossy green frosting coated in tinted graham cracker crumbs and topped with realistic fondant fingers. Perfect as spooky party treats or charming reminders, these cupcakes combine decorative fondant artistry with deliciously moist cake and vibrant frosting.
Ingredients
Scale
Cupcakes
- 12 cupcakes (flavor of your choice)
Frosting
- 2 1/2 cups frosting
- Blue food coloring
- Yellow food coloring
- Brown food coloring
Fondant Fingers
- 1/3 lb fondant
- Black powdered food coloring
- Baking cocoa
- Black thread or embroidery floss
Other
- 5 graham crackers, crushed
- Vodka or water (for mixing with food coloring)
Instructions
- Shape Fondant Fingers: Start with a small quarter-size ball of fondant. Roll it out until it matches the length and width of your pinky finger. Trim any excess if it becomes too long.
- Create Knuckles and Nails: Pinch the fondant on either side where the knuckle would be using your thumb and index finger. Use a cut and rounded straw half to indent the fingernail. Use a ball tool to form an indent at the large end of the finger and pull the ends slightly to make a frayed texture at the fingertips.
- Texture and Detail: Carve knuckle joint lines using a scribe tool. Score the finger surface with short, shallow strokes repeatedly to add realistic texture. Repeat these steps for all fingers.
- Set to Harden: Lay the fondant fingers on a slightly elevated surface, such as a straw, to create a natural bent shape. Allow them to harden completely.
- Color Fondant Fingers: Brush each finger lightly with baking cocoa. Use a damp paper towel to selectively blot some cocoa away for uneven coloring. Repeat with black powdered food coloring until the desired natural effect is achieved.
- Add Thread Bows: Tie a bow around each fondant finger using black thread or embroidery floss to resemble tying a string around your finger.
- Prepare Graham Cracker Crumbs: Pulse graham crackers in a food processor until finely ground, or crush them inside a plastic bag with a rolling pin.
- Tint Graham Cracker Crumbs Green: In a small bowl, mix blue and yellow food coloring with vodka or water to thin. Stir the crushed graham crackers with the tinted liquid until they are evenly coated and reach the desired mossy green shade.
- Color Frosting Green: Tint your frosting with blue, yellow, and brown food coloring to create a mossy green color.
- Frost Cupcakes: Scoop the tinted green frosting into a piping bag fitted with a large round tip (such as Ateco 809). Pipe a generous swirl onto each cupcake.
- Apply Graham Cracker Coating: Dip the frosted cupcakes into the tinted graham cracker crumbs until the frosting is completely covered, creating a textured mossy look.
Notes
- Tying a piece of string around your finger as a reminder has debated origins, but these cupcakes will be truly unforgettable!
- They make excellent party invitations or Halloween dessert centerpieces.
- Use vodka to thin the food coloring for quicker drying and less sogginess, but water works as a substitute.
- Allow the fondant fingers ample time to harden for best texture and detail retention.
- Customize cupcake flavors to your preference to complement the decorative elements.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cupcake
- Calories: 320
- Sugar: 28g
- Sodium: 180mg
- Fat: 18g
- Saturated Fat: 8g
- Unsaturated Fat: 8g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 36g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 2g
- Cholesterol: 45mg
