Two of my favorite things.... Halloween and Cupcakes! So thankfully my apartment complex asked me to donate some treats and I found it as the perfect opportunity to test out some new recipes!
Ghosts: Red velvet cakes with whipped sugar frosting. This was the first time I tried this frosting and it tasted like a creamy, vanilla marshmallow (but vegetarian friendly). I will totally be using that again! Plus, I kept thinking of my friend Karen, who loves red velvet cake but hates cream cheese frosting. So I decided to ditch the cream cheese for these.
Grave Stones: Strawberry cake with chocolate ganache frosting (chocolate cookie crumbs for the dirt and sugar cookies for the stones). It was also my first time making strawberry cake and it was delicious! Especially with chocolate frosting. One lesson learned though.... sugar cookies suck a TON of moisture out of the cake. I ended up with soft cookies and dry cake :( but they still tasted pretty good!
Sprinkled Cakes: Pumpkin cake with vanilla cream cheese frosting. I love spice cakes (well let's be honest.... I don't discriminate against any cake), and this one was very moist. It just got better with a smooth, creamy frosting! Sorry Karen.... I had to put cream cheese on one flavor :)
Baking is always a good reason to delay cleaning house and other lame chores on a Sunday :) Don't you agree?
Hope you all had a happy Halloween!!
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