There will be no trick or treating for me and there won´t be anyone coming to my door for candy either. There are very few kids in this building. But that doesn´t mean Halloween was ignored.
One of my sons and his wife are throwing a party tonight and they wanted some cupcakes for it appropriately themed for Halloween. I was given free range with what to produce. The canvass was a Bon Appetit recipe for a
spiced pumpkin cake. I made the full recipe and it yielded 60 mini cupcakes with enough leftover to make a small six-inch cake. My other son took that to work and shared it with his students.
Doing an image search provided ideas for decorating. Before the end results are shown, I have to say my decorating skills are rusty. There was a struggle to keep the frosting cool enough to give definition to the lines. Having said that the only way to improve is to keep practicing.
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Part of the 60 cupcakes |
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A monster that looks a lot like Cookie Monster |
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Pumpkins, a top down look |
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Brains with strawberry blood |
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Day of the Dead faces |
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The mummies turned out best |
A few cupcakes were left unfrosted; I suspect there may be some guests at this party who would like to avoid the added sugar of the frosting. So Halloween was celebrated today by me; and as with most today, it involved lots of sugar.
I am on the road for the next week so odds are slim there will be anything posted until I return.
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