Wicked Witch of the West Cupcakes & A Winner

"I'm melting! Melting! Oh, what a world, what a world!"

says the Wicked Witch of the West as she melts

into oblivion.

These adorable Wicked Witch of the West cupcakes were

featured in the October 17th edition of Women's Day

Magazine.

Beaulah is a good witch, so she had lots of fun creating

these cupcakes of a wicked witch, and then

watching the little ones gobble them up!

They especially enjoyed the fondant hats and shoes.

This witchy was sporting sandals for the warmer weather.

We ended up with a whole coven of witches,

some in shoes, some in sandals and some in

high topped boots, all melting away.

Oops, one of our little monsters wanted in on the pictures

too!

Wicked Witch of the West Cupcakes

Make any cupcake of your choosing.

Frost with chocolate frosting.

Sprinkle on grated chocolate or crushed cookie crumbs.

Decorate with fondant.

Legs:  Use a lime green to color the fondant.

Roll into a 5 inch rope, using cornstarch to keep

it from sticking.  The cornstarch will wipe off.

Cut the rope in halves for the legs.

Shoes:  Use a purple to color the fondant.  Form

a small ball using cornstarch to keep it from sticking

and shape into desired shoe shapes.

Hats:  Use black to color the fondant.  Using cornstarch

roll the fondant out and cut with a small scalloped

biscuit or cookie cutter.  Each hat takes two rounds,

one for the brim and one for the cone.  Roll the

second piece into a cone and use a little water to

attach it to the brim.

Assembly:  Frost and dust the cupcakes.  Place on

serving platter.  Position the shoes, then dip the ends

of each leg in a little water to attach them to the tops

of the shoes.  Press the thigh end of the legs into

frosting on cupcake.  Top with the brim of the

hat and then add the cone.  Bend the cone in desired

shape.

Easy Delicious Fondant

1-2 T. water

food coloring

8 oz. marshmallows (about 36)

1 lb. powdered sugar (about 4 C.)

1 tsp. almond flavoring (or your choice)

Place the water, 1/4 to 1/2 tsp. food coloring

and marshmallows in a microwave safe bowl. 

Heat on high for 1 minute.  Stir to mix.

Place in a heavy duty mixer, like a Kitchenaid

using the batter paddle.  Add the powdered

sugar and flavoring.  Mix until it is smooth and

pulls away from the bowl.  It should have the

consistency between play dough and bubble gum.

Add a little water if needed (start with 1 T.) or if

you get it too wet and it won't hold its shape, add a

little powdered sugar.  Place in a plastic ziploc bag.

Mixing the color in with the water makes it really

easy to color your fondant.  The black took more

like 1 1/2 tsp. to get it this black.  My usual recipe

is double this amount, but I cut it in half as I wanted

to make 3 different colors.

Speaking of Witches Hats, the winner of our

giveaway for the gorgeous velvet witch hat

is Pat at Gypsy Heart and Soul.

Drop over and visit Pat and tell her congratulations,

she is a lovely lady and you will enjoy her blog.

Congratulations Pat, you will love this gorgeous

hat from Anastasia's Attic.  You can follow

Anastasia's Attic on Facebook.

I will be posting this on

Tasty Tuesdays

Polish The Stars Halloween Party

It's A Blog Party Halloween Bash

and

Cupcake Tuesday.