These mini chocolate ghost cupcakes from MyRecipes.com are easy to make and oh so cute.
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Double, Double, Toil and Trouble
Posted onWitches are a integral part of Halloween and though there are many versions of witch cupcakes out there, these ones from Better Homes and Garden are the creepiest, cute ones I’ve found:
And what would be a better centerpiece to these cupcakes than this cute Cauldron cake by That’s My Cake?
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Skull Cake
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This cake was originally made for a wedding but how awesome would a cake like this look as a center piece on your Halloween sweets table? No one would want to eat it. This is a work of art.
via Azathoth Invictus on Flickr
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Severed Witches’ Fingers {Recipe}
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Last Halloween I made these Severed Witches’ Fingers for a party I went to. They were very easy to make and can be altered in many ways depending on how you want them to look.
I made mine look like severed ladies’ fingers with red nail polish, but I’ve seen quite a few variations that also look great.
Here are a couple other styles:
1. Green witch fingers via maiapapaya:
Dye the dough with green food coloring and use almonds with skin instead of blanched ones.
2. Bloody crusty unpainted nails via meemoskitchen:
For these, use a little red sugar gel or frosting under the almonds to make the nails looks gross and bloody.
{Recipe}
Severed Witches’ Fingers
INGREDIENTS:
- 2 tablespoons red food coloring
- 30 blanched almonds
- 2 large eggs
- 1/4 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 8 tablespoons unsalted butter (1 stick), room temperature
- 1/2 cup confectioners’ sugar
- 5 tablespoons granulated sugar
- Pinch of salt
- 1 and 2/3 cups all-purpose flour
DIRECTIONS:
- Heat oven to 350 degrees. Line two baking sheets with Silpats (French nonstick baking mats) or parchment paper, and set aside.
- Place food coloring in a shallow bowl. Using a small paintbrush, color one rounded half of each almond. Set aside to dry.
- Separate 1 egg. Set aside the white. In a small bowl, whisk together yolk, remaining egg, and vanilla. Set aside.
- In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, combine butter, confectioners’ sugar, granulated sugar, and salt. Beat on medium speed until well combined. Add egg mixture, and beat until smooth, about 2 minutes. Add the flour, and mix on low speed just until incorporated. Wrap the dough in plastic, and chill until firm, 20 to 30 minutes.
- Divide the dough in half. Work with one piece at a time, keeping remaining dough covered with plastic wrap and chilled. Divide the first half into 15 pieces. On a lightly floured surface, roll each piece back and forth with palms into finger shapes, 3 to 4 inches long. Pinch dough in two places to form knuckles. Score each knuckle lightly with the back of a small knife. Transfer fingers to prepared baking sheets. Repeat with remaining dough.
- When all fingers are formed, brush lightly with egg white. Position almond nails; push into dough to attach.
- Bake until lightly browned, about 12 minutes. Cool completely.
Recipe via Martha Stewart
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This is Halloween…
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Nightmare Before Christmas is one of my favorite childhood films. And these cupcakes by death by cupcake are super awesome!
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A Few of My Favorite Halloween Things
Posted onIf you want to give your Halloween treats a spooky makeover, give some of these items a try:
1. NOMSKULLS by Fred
These silicone skull cupcake molds are great for Halloween, and if you pipe some grey or pink frosting on the top into a brain shape, they’ll become instant zombie food for your party guests.
2. Metal Spider Cupcake Stands by Crate&Barrel
Have a bunch of creepy spider cupcakes crawling all over your Halloween dessert table with these Spider Cupcake Stands (cupcake liners and cupcakes not included). I’ve also seen them available at Cost Plus World Market and Target.
3. Cake Stand Spider Web Paper Wrapper by Fancyflours
If you have a cake stand that needs to be a little scarier, try Fancyflours’ Spider Web Paper Wrapper. This laser cut paper wrapper adds a delicate spiderweb around just about any cake stand up to 15 inches (cake and cake stand not included).
4. Zombie Cupcake Kit by Layer Cake Shop
This kit comes with plenty of decorations to make an army of 24 Zombie cupcakes.
Kit includes:
- 24 assorted zombie cupcake toppers.. a mix of eye balls, green fingers, zombie hands, gravestones, graveyard fences, bats, grass, trees, bugs, hatchets, shotguns, revolvers, and daggers
- 24 assorted black and lime green baking cups
- 1 ounce of white bone sprinkles
- 24 royal icing eyes
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