These are great fun, for Halloween, Bonfire Night or any time really! The base chocolate mix can be used for any cupcake recipe, it’s moist inside and crispy outside, just decorate as you see fit! For 12 you will need: For the icing: Preheat the oven to 180°c. Put 12 cupcake cases on a tray….
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Recipe – Honeycomb / Cinder Toffee
Who doesn’t love honeycomb? Well, two of my three sons for a start as I discovered yesterday! All the more for me and the missus. Honeycomb is on the one hand so easy to do – 3 ingredients and water – and on the other hand relatively pressured and exciting for around 10 seconds. Lots…
Recipe – Secret Centre Chocolate and Orange Spider Cake for Halloween
Halloween is a great time for parties, and whilst there are loads of seasonal cake options in the shops, with a bit of planning you can make this brilliant centrepiece. It’s huge, full of ‘wow’ when you cut it and super tasty. You will need two 18-19cm loose bottom round cake tins and a 2cm…
Recipe – Halloween Swamp Monster Cupcakes
Here’s a new twist on a cupcake, especially for Halloween. Green sponge with a hint of coconut and blue frosting monster on top, they look great fun and kids (and grown ups) will love them! The decorations were bought at Wilko’s who have a great selection for Halloween. For 12, you will need: 175g self…
Halloween Sweet Treat Recipes
Halloween is great fun, a perfect excuse for dressing silly and eating some weird and wonderful food. I remember before Jack came along we played donut bobbing, hanging up a dozen Krispy Kremes down the hall and getting people to try and eat them. It wasn’t easy! I’ve put together three simple recipes for Halloween…
Recipe – Halloween Ginger Ghost Biscuits
Family baking should always include your favourites and these combine my wife’s favourites of ginger biscuits and marshmallows in a creative twist perfect for Halloween. For 12 biscuits, you will need: 60g margarine 60g golden caster sugar 60g golden syrup 120g self-raising flour 1 teaspoon ground ginger 12 standard sized marshmallows Black food colour gel…
Recipe – Halloween Scary Monster Fingers
Halloween is full of blood and gross stuff, these are no exception but the great thing is that they are a really simple biscuit, it’s the decoration that makes it and kids will love making them look at gross as possible! For around a dozen biscuits, you will need: 130g softened unsalted butter 70g golden…
Recipe – Halloween Rice Krispy Pumpkins
These are great fun, kids loves rice krispy cakes and this version for Halloween is easy but a bit different with the extra decoration needed. For 12-15 you will need: 150g mini marshmallows 50g unsalted butter or margarine 120g Rice Krispies Orange food colouring Black or chocolate icing writing pen Orange Matchmakers In a large…
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