Brenda Bennett, Staff Reporter
September 12, 2018
Everyone wants to start out October on a good note. Here are some recipes Sword & Shield found online to spice up your Halloween fun.
Spiderweb Cake
Ingredients needed:
- 2 boxes of chocolate cake
- ½ c. unsalted butter, soft
- 1 c. confectioners sugar
- 7 ½ oz. jar marshmallow creme
- 1 tsp. vanilla extract
- Pinch of kosher salt
- ¾ c. of heavy cream
- 1 ½ c. chocolate chips
- 1 tube store-bought vanilla icing
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Directions:
- Butter and flour two 9” cake pans, prepare cake batter and make the cakes according to the package.
- Let cool and place cakes on platter.
- In a large bowl, use a hand mixer to combine butter, confectioners sugar, marshmallow creme, and vanilla extract. Beat until fluffy.
- Cover first cake with icing and top with second cake.
- In a small saucepan, heat heavy cream until it bubbles.
- Put chocolate chips in heatproof bowl, pour over heavy cream, let stand for two minutes then whisk until chocolate is completely combined.
- Pour the chocolate over the cake, frost a spiral of frosting on top and use a toothpick to draw cobwebs.
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Credit: www.delish.com
Blood Drip Cupcakes
Ingredients:
- 1 ¼ c. all purpose flour
- ½ c. unsweetened cocoa powder
- ¼ c. malt powder
- 1 ¾ c. sugar
- 1 tsp. instant coffee
- 1 tsp. baking powder
- 1 tsp. kosher salt
- 2 large eggs
- 1 c. buttermilk
- ⅔ c. unsalted butter, melted
- 2 tsp. pure vanilla extract
- 2 c. buttercream frosting
- ½ c. light corn syrup
- 3 c. sugar
- ¼ tsp. cream of tartar
- 1 ½ c. water
- Red food coloring gel
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Directions
- Preheat your oven to 350. Fill cupcake pan with liners and set it to the side
- In a big bowl, use a hand mixer to mix together flour, cocoa, malt powder, sugar, coffee, baking soda, powder, and salt. Add the eggs, buttermilk, butter and vanilla. Beat until combined. Pour ¾ cup of boiling water and mix it in.
- Fill each cupcake liner a little over halfway then bake until cooked (about 18 to 22 minutes). Check with toothpick and wait until cool.
- Line a baking sheet with foil; Place the corn syrup, sugar, cream of tartar, and water in a saucepan. ( If desired, add a little bit of the food coloring.) Stir mix until it boils, and use a brush and water to wash down any crystals. Turn temp. Up to 300 and pour mixture into the prepared pan. Wait an hour and then break the candy apart; Make it look like glass.
- Pipe frosting on top of the cupcakes and put the candy glass in the center. Pipe the red food coloring onto cupcakes for a blood effect.
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Credit: www.delish.com
Tart Cherry Eyeball Punch
Ingredients:
- 2 (15 oz.) cans lychees (Exotic fruit)
- 1 ½ c. lychee syrup
- 6 oz. container blackberries
- 4 c. tart cherry juice
- 1 c. fresh orange juice
- 3 (12 oz.) cans of sparkling water
- Ice
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Directions:
- Drain the cans of lychees, keep 1-½ c. of syrup
- Stuff blackberries with lychees, carefully, and chill them.
- Stir the syrup, cherry juice and orange juice in a pitcher. Chill it.
- Add the lychees and the sparkling water to the punch.
- Serve over ice.
(If you want it sweeter, substitute ginger ale for sparking water) |
Credit: www.countryliving.com
Dragon’s Blood Punch
Ingredients:
- 1 (46 ounce) can red Hawaiian Punch
- 1 (46 ounce) can apple juice
- 1 ( 2 liter) bottle ginger ale
- Ice
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Direction:
- Combine all of the ingredients in a big bowl or container. Add the ice and mix.
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Poison Toffee Apples
Ingredients:
- 2 c. granulated sugar
- ¾ c. water
- ½ c. light corn syrup
- Black food coloring
- 6 fresh Granny Smith apples
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Directions:
- Grease baking paper and put it on a baking sheet.
- Insert the skewers in the center of the apples and put to the side.
- In a pot, mix sugar, water, corn syrup and the food coloring; stir over the stove set on medium. Heat until sugar is dissolved and the mixture feels smooth.
- When the sugar dissolves, turn up the heat and wash the sides of the pot with a pastry brush dipped in clean water.
- Let the caramel boil until it reaches a hard crack stage.
- Carefully dip the apple in the hot candy mixture and place on the baking paper, chill.
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Credit: simply-delicious-food.com