Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Halloween is my favorite holiday, bar none! I love the costumes, I love the candy, I love the air of ghost stories and being scared. I've always been that way. It is very fitting that I am a costume designer.
My first treat was not actually for Halloween, but for the True Blood finale episode for season 2. Ah, true blood. I used a recipe for vanilla cake batter calling for buttermilk which made it oh so decadent. I baked the cupcakes, cut cones out of the top to fill them with cherry puree, then put the cone back on. Once I had finished doing that, I drizzled all of them on top with a marshmallow glaze. Lastly, I created a buttermilk vanilla frosting with a hint of almond extract for a bit of fruitiness.
The final touch was a toothpick and remaining cherry puree for vampire fang marks! Voila! Bill Compton Cupcakes!
You're going to think that all I make is cake. WELL, I did get the hankerin' for some cookies one evening when it was starting to feel like fall outside. I had some cocoa, so I figured undertaking some double chocolate cookies were in order. I used the toll house chocolate chip cookie recipe, but I added 2/3 cup of cocoa to the mixture.
To make it a little bit more 'autumn like' I always, ALWAYS have to get some candy corn whenever it is first made available at the end of September. I have this giant bag of candy corn so I put two and two together. When the cookies came out of the oven, I immediately pressed a candy corn right into their warm centers. It hardened as they cooled and kept the candy corn in place.
I'm still pretty mad that most of my candy corns are lacking a white tip. Thanks BRACH'S.
