Creepy Halloween Cupcakes Recipe

These are creepy Halloween cupcakes specially prepared for kids party. In this recipe some techniques of making different faces are given which you can apply for making rest of the faces as mentioned in the photo of this recipe.

Ingredients:

Cupcakes
Vanilla frosting of different colors
Chocolate frosting
Colorful sprinkles
Candies
Red or chocolate whip licorice

Procedure:

Mummy Cupcakes:

Fill the piping bag with white vanilla frosting and attach the flat shape nozzle to the bag. Squeeze the icing on the muffin in zigzag pattern leaving center portion, place the small red candy in the center to make eyes of mummy.

Spider Cupcakes:

Apply thin layer of chocolate frosting on top of muffin, spread chocolate sprinkles over the whole frosting. Place two red candies for eyes in the lower side of upper surface and insert 3 chocolate whip licorices on each side of eyes.

Spider Web Cupcakes:

Make thin layer of white vanilla frosting on the top of muffin, using piping bag of small nozzle tip make circles of chocolate frosting and pass the knife edge over these circles at equal distances. It will look like spider web.

Cat Cupcakes:

Take chocolate muffin and spread chocolate fudge frosting on it. Drop two spots of white vanilla frosting at upper side of the chocolate frosting and then place two red candies as eye balls of cat. Place different color of candy in the center for marking as nose and then apply orange vanilla frosting in thread like patterns for mustache around the nose. Similarly make mouth of cat using orange frosting.

Pumpkin Muffins Recipe

This pumpkin muffin recipe is prepared with raisins and is best for Halloween treats. In this recipe canned pumpkins are used which you may replaced by fresh pumpkins but in that case you may need to add any kind of fruit juice like orange juice to make moist batter.

Ingredients:

1 ½ cup flour
½ cup sugar
2 tsp baking powder
½ tsp salt
½ tsp cinnamon
½ tsp nutmeg
½ cup milk
½ cup canned pumpkin
¼ cup butter (melted)
1 egg (lightly beaten)
½ cup raisins

Preparation:

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
2. Sift together dry ingredients including flour, cinnamon, nutmeg and baking powder. Mix raisins in the dry mixture.
3. In a large mixing bowl, put rest of the ingredients in the bowl and gradually mix the dry mixture in it until thick lumpy batter would form.
4. Take a muffin pan, place muffin paper in each cup cake area and fill each of them to ¾.
5. Place the pan in preheated oven for just 12-15 min until become done.

Pumpkin Roll Easy Recipe

This is another pumpkin recipe which can be easily prepared at home. This pumpkin roll recipe is prepared with cream cheese stuffing, you may also mix whipped cream with the cream cheese but in that case you will have to reduce the quantity of cheese to half.

Ingredients:

For Sponge:

3 eggs
1 cup sugar
¾ cup pumpkin
1 tsp lemon juice
¾ cup all-purpose flour
1 tsp baking powder
½ tsp salt
½ tsp nutmeg
1 tsp ginger
2 tsp cinnamon
Icing sugar for topping

For Filling:

1 cup caster sugar
8 oz cream cheese (softened)
4 tbsp butter
1 tsp vanilla essence

Preparation:

1. Preheat oven to 375 F.
2. In a mixing bowl, beat eggs and sugar until become fluffy.
3. Add pumpkin and lemon juice to the egg mixture and mix well.
4. Sift together flour, salt, baking powder, cinnamon, ginger and nutmeg.
5. Now combine dry mixture to the pumpkin mixture and fold them nicely using spatula.
6. Grease and dust the cookie sheet with flour and pour the prepared batter onto the tray. Place the tray in preheated oven for 12-15 min until become done.
7. Meanwhile prepare filling for the roll, for that beat cream cheese with butter and sugar until well blended and then mix with vanilla essence.
8. When the sponge becomes ready cool it to room temperature at wire rack and then spread the prepared filling over the whole sponge.
9. Then starts rolling the sponge from one side to other and in the end dust the whole roll with icing sugar from every side. Place the roll in fridge to chill for 30 min. and then cut into slices.

Banana Chocolate Chip Cake

This banana chocolate chip cake is one of a marble cake which is prepared with chocolate chips. The recipe is more or less similar to banana cake just addition of coco powder to give marble texture and chocolate chips which make it chocolate rich banana cake.

Ingredients:

1 ½ cup all-purpose flour
1 ½ tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
½ tsp salt
¾ cup granulated sugar
½ cup margarine (softened)
2 eggs
1 cup mashed ripe bananas
1 tsp vanilla extract
2 tbsp cocoa
1 tbsp granulated sugar
½ cup chocolate chips

Preparation:

1. Sift together dry ingredients including flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
2. In a large mixing bowl cream margarine and sugar until become smooth and creamy.
3. Add eggs one by one and beat gently after each addition.
4. Now add mashed banana and vanilla to the mixture and mix well.
5. Gradually add dry mixture to the banana mixture and mix using wooden spatula.
6. When sooth batter would form then take out 5-6 tbsp of this batter in a small bowl and mix it with cocoa.
7. Add chocolate chips in vanilla batter and mix.
8. Take a suitable greased cake pan and spread half of vanilla batter onto the base, pour half of the cocoa batter on it and spread it using spoon so that patches of this batter spread everywhere. Now again pour rest of the vanilla batter and put remaining cocoa batter in similar pattern on it.
9. Place the pan in preheated oven for 30 min at 350 degrees F.
10. When cake is done take it out from oven, cool it to room temperature on wire rack and then cut it into slices for serving.

Black Forest Cake Recipe

This black forest cake is one of the tempting cakes which can be prepared for special occasions. Though many of you prefer to buy or order it from store as its decoration needs some time and skills but it can be easily prepare at home if you spend some time. This recipe of black forest cake is simple and easy so that you can celebrate any event at home with this delicious homemade cake.

Ingredients:

For Sponge:

6 eggs (separated)
6 oz caster sugar
6 oz all purpose flour
2 tsp baking powder
2 tsp coco powder
2 tbsp milk

For Filling and Topping:

2 cup dairy cream
1 cup icing sugar
2 medium size peaches (chopped)
1 cup water
Red cherries as required
1 cup grated chocolate

Preparation:

1. Beat eggs for 8-10 mins until become foamy and white.
2. Gradually add sugar and beat to make a thick creamy batter
3. Sift together flour, baking powder and coco powder, slowly add it to the egg mixture and fold the batter with the dry mixture using soft hands so that the batter would not sit and remain fluffy otherwise your sponge will not make soft and light. For better mixing you should fold the batter in clockwise direction and don’t apply pressure to the spatula mix only with light hands.
4. Now take a circular or rectangular baking pan and grease and dust with flour. Pour the batter into this pan and then place in preheated oven for 30-35 mins at 350 degrees F until become done.
5. Meanwhile prepare peach sauce, for that you need to cook peaches with water and half cup of sugar for 8-10 mins until sugar mix completely into the water and the sauce gets little thick.
6. Now beat the dairy cream with remaining sugar for 2-3 mins to make it whipped cream.
7. When the sponge has been done cool it to room temperature and then divide it into two pieces from the center.
8. Pour the prepared peach juice on both the pieces of cake to make them moist, then take the lower piece and spread 1/3 amount of whipped cream on it to cover the top surface and sprinkle the chunks of peaches onto the cream.
9. Carefully place the upper piece of cake onto it and then cover it with remaining whipped cream from every side smoothly. Sprinkle the grated chocolate on top and sides of the cake so that it sticks to the cream and then top with red cherries.
10. Now place the tempting black forest cake in fridge to set for at least 30 mins then serve it by cutting into pieces.