Creepy Cake Recipes for Halloween!
The folks from Country Living magazine share their Halloween recipes.
Oct. 24, 2007 — -- Country Living magazine has compiled a spooky spread of Halloween treats! Halloween is a great excuse to kick off the holiday baking season, so turn on the oven and prepare your sweet tooth for these creepy cake recipes!
Make Frosting:
Prepare boxed cake mix according to manufacturer's directions.
In a large bowl, beat softened cream cheese using a mixer set on medium-high speed until fluffy. Add 1½ cups confectioners sugar along with the cocoa, cinnamon and vanilla. Beat on low speed until well combined.
In a separate bowl, beat heavy cream with remaining ¾ cup of confectioners' sugar and the food coloring on medium-high speed until soft peaks. Gently fold the whipped cream into the cream cheese mixture until well combined.
Spread 1 cup frosting between the two layers and use the remaining frosting to ice the top and sides of the cake. Chill 30 minutes and proceed glaze step.
*Yields 3 cups frosting
Make Glaze:
Place chocolate, butter and corn syrup in a medium heatproof bowl. Bring ½ cup of heavy cream to a boil, and pour it over the chocolate. Let sit for 3 minutes. Gently stir, using a whisk, until smooth. Let sit for an additional 3 to 5 minutes, until the glaze thickens slightly.
Pour the glaze onto the center of the frosted cake and smooth out to the edges to allow the glaze to drip over the sides.
*Yields 1 cup glaze
Directions:
Heat oven to 325 degrees and line a baking pan (half sheet pan size – 18"x13") with parchment paper and lightly butter.
In a medium bowl, melt the butter and chocolate. In a large bowl, whisk 6 eggs, brown sugar, and 1½ cups granulated sugar together. Stir in 3 teaspoons vanilla, salt, melted chocolate mixture, flour and cocoa. Pour into the prepared pan.
Beat cream cheese using a mixer on medium speed until fluffy. Add the remaining 2 eggs, ½ cup sugar, 1 teaspoon vanilla and the cornstarch; beat until smooth and spread over the chocolate batter.
Combine jam and pumpkin butter in a small bowl. Drop spoonfuls onto cream cheese and draw swirls using a knife.
Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center of pan comes out clean, about 40 minutes. Let cool and punch out shapes using large Halloween-themed cutters.
*TIP: Make sure your cutters are deep enough to punch through both layers of the brownies.
1 c. flour
½ tsp. orange food coloring
½ lb. semi-sweet or bittersweet chocolate
½ lb. white chocolate
Directions:
To make this treat, gradually knead flour and orange food coloring into refrigerated sugar-cookie dough. Use a triangle-shaped cutter; bake according to manufacturer's directions and let cool completely.
Melt chocolates over a double boiler in separate bowls. Dip the wide base of each cookie into melted dark chocolate, then dip the tips into melted white chocolate. Set on a parchment-lined baking pan and chill in freezer for 5 minutes.
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees (or according to pie-dough manufacturer's instructions).
Unroll store-bought pie crust on a lightly floured work surface. Dip mini cookie cutters in flour and cut out shapes and lay them on a parchment-line baking sheet. Lightly brush each shape with water and sprinkle with sugar.
Bake until golden; about 10 minutes.
After pie is baked, arrange the cooled cut outs around the pie's rim. No one will ever know!!
