Chocolate Zombie Cupcakes

My boyfriend and I have become obsessed with The Walking Dead.
We kinda got on the bandwagon late but instantly we were hooked.

We also now just seem to be obsessed with zombies, anything zombie makes us excited, so I couldn't wait to bake these cupcakes!

Moist chocolate sponge topped with chocolate buttercream, grated chocolate 'dirt', a fondant zombie hand and drizzled blackcurrant 'blood'.

Ingredients:
Makes 12 large cupcakes

Cupcakes-
-180g unsalted butter
-180g light brown sugar
-3 large eggs,beaten
-4 tbsp cocoa powder
-180g self raising flour
-1tbsp golden syrup
-1tbsp milk

Decoration-
-250g unsalted butter
-500g icing sugar
-1tbsp golden syrup
-150g milk chocolate, melted
-50g chocolate grated
-green fondant
-1tbsp blackcurrant jam

Preheat your oven to 180c and line 12 muffin  holes with cases.

In a large bowl cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
Gradually beat in the eggs.

Sift over the cocoa powder, add the golden syrup and mix together.
Sift over the flour and the dash of milk then fold in gently with a large metal spoon.

Divide between your cases then place into the oven for 18-20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.

Once baked, leave to cool completely on a cooling rack before decorating.

For the buttercream, beat the butter until pale in colour. Gradually beat in the icing sugar, golden syrup and melted chocolate until a spreadable, but thick consistency. Spread over each cupcake to cover.
Grate the 80g chocolate into a bowl then dip each cupcake in to cover for the 'dirt'.

To make the zombie hands I rolled a ball of fondant into a tear drop shape. On the large end, with a knife, I cut in to make 5 'fingers' then rolled each piece into a finger shape. Push a hand into the top of each cupcake.
Heat the blackcurrant jam in the microwave for 10-20 seconds to loosen, then drizzle over each cupcake.

Zombie and chocolate fix sorted!