BOO! I am back, as promised, with another halloween post. But before I let you sink your teeth into these little deadly treats, I need to ask... Why didn't the skeleton cross the road?
Well, for one, he did not know these Halloween Red Velvet Cupcake and DIY Skull Toppers awaited him on the other side. But if you really want to know, it's because he didn't have the guts! Bahahaaa...
Nothing like a little corny Halloween humour to put you in the mood for a few graveyard goodies. These teeny, tiny Dead Velvet cupcakes are a killer combination of clotted, witches' blood, topped with mounds of boiled, ghost goop and sprinkled with black cat crystals. Somebody please stop me...
I am here giggling like a little school girl at my nonsense because I really don't know what I want to write - blame it on the prescribed narcotics, lack of sleep, preoccupation, or good old writer's block....I have a serious case of the giggles at the moment (more so than usual).
OK, take 2! The cupcake toppers. I found these cross-bone skull cutters among the mountain of cake-related stuff I've amassed and thought I would put them to use. I used the smallest of my circle cookie cutter to cut some scalloped and clean-edge shapes from modelling chocolate. I then used black metallic food paint to add a little shine to the black circles before attaching the skulls - the paint doubled as adhesive in this case. I let them dry overnight. They were then placed atop the cupcakes, as seen below.
For the others, I cut some striped paper straws in half and attached the skull disks at one end with a little royal icing. Insert into the cupcakes and you have yourself some cool, little halloween DIY toppers.
So, as we learned earlier in this post, Mr. Skeleton did not have the guts to cross the road. Pity, I think he would have identified with these sweet, little deadly bites. How about you, do you have the guts?
You can find the recipe for the cupcakes here and the Swiss Meringue Buttercream here (minus the raspberry).
More Halloween Ideas:
Mini Maple Pumpkin Pies
I have another halloween treat queued up, so I'll see you back here in a few days!
01VanillaBean01 says
I love everything about this post. Your corny sense of humour and your wonderful artistic decorating sense. Not to mention your lovely cake plate and beautiful photographs. Hope you are feeling much better and off the meds by Halloween.
I Sugar Coat It! says
Way to make a girl blush, Paula! 😉 LOL
Regina @SpecialtyCakeCreations says
Haha...that skeleton joke gave the hubs and me a good laugh:D
The black and orange pops awesomely in these cupcake toppers. Super cute!
I Sugar Coat It! says
Nothing quite as satisfying as a good laugh. Thanks, Regina!