I want to make this delicious, absolutely devine sounding cake!
Perfect for Halloween.
Or Thanksgiving.
Or just for my ever-constant-feeding-for-2-appetite.
A little ambitious for anyone who knows my cooking talents ( or lack there-of ).
Dare i try?
Hmmm... definitley looks worth an attempt.
(makes 1 1/2 dozen)
WHAT YOU WILL NEED:
for the cupcakes
225 g (8oz) self-raising flour
1tsp baking powder
225g (8oz) light brown sugar
225g (8oz) unsalted butter, softened
2seperated eggs
100g (3 1/2 oz) plain chocolate, melted
1tsp vanilla essence
115ml (4fl oz) milk
for the icing
115g (4 oz) unsalted butter, softened
1 tbsp milk
115g (4 oz) plain dark chocolate, melted
1 tsp vanilla essence
90 g (3 1/4 oz) icing sugar, sieved
for the decor
white marshmellows
black food colouring
toothpicks
black licorice (optional)
chocolate sprinkles (optional)
cute halloween paper baking cases
Recipe:
Preheat the oven to 175* C (350*F/ Gas mark 4). Place 18 paper baking cases into muffin tins. Sieve the flour and baking powder and set aside. In a medium bowl, cream the sugar and butter. Add the egg yolks and beat well. Add the melted chocolate and vanilla, mixing well. Add the flour and milk , alternately, beating well with each addition. Beat the egg whites in a medium bowl until soft peaks form, and gently fold them into the batter.
Spoon the batter into the cases. Bake for 20 minutes. Remove tins from the oven and cool for 5 minutes. Then remove the cupcakes and cool on a rack. To make the icing, cream the butter in a medium bowl. Beat in the milk until smooth. Stir in the chocolate and vanilla. Beat in the icing sugar until thick and creamy. Spread over the cupcakes.
Now for the fun part... decorating!
So i didn't actually have any licorice (forgot to buy some) so i just drew it onto my cupcakes.
Badly drawn ,i might add! But you get the idea. Notice how i also digitally drew on my sprinkles ;)
Anyway...Now you can sit back and watch the kiddies enjoy your yummy treats (or you can just eat them yourself, i won't tell!)
Enjoy!
Mabey it's because i'm nursing a baby, but i cant stop thinking about food! I just keep finding more delicious Halloween goodies that i want to make (at this rate, i'll be cooking till Xmas!) So instead i'll share my yummy finds with you and mabey only attempt to make one or two, like this Ghastly Green Curry...
Yum! I'm definitley making this one! And mabey this one for the kids....
Ugh! How real do they look!
But if that doesn't freak you out, would you eat these?
Not me!
And have a look at these terrifying treats... (all of them completely edible!)
Hungry , anyone?
My absolute fave of all time are green caramel covered apples with nuts on them....mmmmmmm.
It's the perfect treat for Halloween. I've had a craving for some for awhile now, and think i might try my hand at making some in the next week or so. For anyone who hasnt ever made any (OMG, you dont know what your missing!) heres a recipe i found at this beautiful Blog.
Enjoy!
One of my fave traditions for Halloween is the carving of pumpkins and making them into Jack-O-Lanterns. Normally we do quite a few pumpkins but this year we only did 2.
Traditionally, we carve out the pumpkins on Halloween day, but this year i did our pumpkins at Kody's kindy with his class. We talked a bit about what a Jack-O-Lantern was and how we carve them out (i had done one before i got there so they could see it), and then we carved one out from scratch in the classroom. Mr. Steve, Kody's kindy teacher had a go at the 2nd one and did an awesome job! We took a picture on the school camera (i will post when i get it).
We also carved out some capsicums as miniature pumpkins, which were really cute, and at nap-time, they put tealight candles in them all and lit them up for the kids. The kids loved getting their hands into the pumpkin and pulling out all the insides (well, not all of them, lol) and afterwards we toasted the pumpkin seeds from the pumkins and i believe the kids ate them as a snack (i was gone by then). It was alot of fun watching the kids all get involved. And for those who didnt want to get thier hands dirty i had brought in some old HS Halloween foam stamps, which they used to create some fun little art works.
IF you have never carved out a pumpkin i would definitely give it a go. It's really not as hard as one might think. And just to encourage you along, here are some tutorials to help you get started!
Martha does some great stuff with pumpkins over at her site and has plenty ot tips and tricks for Pumpkins that will be sure to amaze.
Pumpkin Carving How-To with Martha
And you can see more of her pumpkins HERE
Then you can also get a Video Tutorial HERE.
And here are some of my fave Pumpkin finds from Flickr...
Here, these, these, ooooh....and this one! Heres another one and how cute are these?
And if i now have you in the Pumpkin mood...what about trying some yummy pumpkin recipes like this Baked Pumpkin Cheesecake or one of the many pumpkin recipes from HERE or HERE.
And if you have any yummy pumpkin recipes of your own, please share!
