Spooky Halloween Cupcakes

I originally had these cupcakes planned for a Halloween party.
The party got canceled...but not the cupcakes.
Besides, I couldn't let these super awesome Martha Stewart cupcake liners go to waste.
No way, Jose.


I'd been browsing online to see what kind of Halloween cupcakes are out there, and there are a lot! So, I settled on four that I thought were really cool and not too complicated.

I made two different cupcakes:

Red Velvet with Vanilla Swiss Meringue Buttercream

and Super Chocolate Chunk with Ganache

("super" meaning I put hecka chopped chocolate in the batter)

I used the Red Velvet cupcakes to make Mummies and Brains!


That's a lot of eyeballs, dude.


I used the Super Chocolate Chunk cupcakes to make Spiders and Webs!


That's 96 spider legs right there!


I drew the spider webs on a piece of paper then put it under a sheet of wax paper and piped the webs with melted white chocolate. Drawing the webs was harder then actually making them. Kinda sad.

Sometimes I think I am a photographer so please find humor in my staging!
I had purchased some Halloween decorations for the above mentioned canceled party and didn't want them to go to waste.

Lego Man Cake

A friend of a friend asked if I could make a Lego Man cake for her son's birthday, she had the mold already but was nervous to try and make the cake herself.

White cake with chocolate frosting, covered in fondant.
She told me the silicone cake mold was small and that she was making cupcakes for the kids.
Could she make it any easier for me? I think not.

Once I got my hands on the mold...I was surprised at how small it really was!


This was my first experience with a silicone cake mold and it was interesting to say the least. The instructions say you don't need to use baking spray...but I did after the first cake stuck to the silicone and fell apart.

Since the mold was so small, this made the cake extra fragile.


Once I got the Lego Man cooled and out of the mold, ideas started running wild in my head...
What if I chopped off his hands and made them out of fondant?
What if I made him standing up rather than laying down like a dead Lego Man?
What if I put him on top or next to a Lego piece?

So...I chopped him into pieces and got started.
Children, avert your eyes.


The birthday boy wanted black pants and a blue shirt, so I decided on a red lego for back support.

The six round pieces are individual cake pieces frosted and covered in fondant before being attached the the Lego block.


I didn't dare try and make this Lego Man stand up head to toe, so I opted for him sitting against the Lego. I used a wooden dowel through the head and body for support.


I cut off the top neck and top round piece on the head and used fondant instead after a complete head redo.

The hands curved well over a spatula handle overnight but didn't want to stay attached to the arm, hence the random red ball under each hand.


Overall, this cake kinda drove me crazy but in the end the birthday boy was pleased and so was I.

Coming Up...

November is a busy month for me...but I am so excited!

10/29: Lego Man Cake

10/31: Halloween Cupcakes

11/02: Strawberry Cake

11/04: Fall Cupcakes

11/12: Wedding Anniversary Cookies & Cake Re-make

11/18: Backyardigans Ice Cream Cake

11/25: Thanksgiving Cupcakes

I Love Lucy cake because I Love My Mom!

My mother is a I Love Lucy fanatic, always has been.
She has collected I Love Lucy items my whole life and has a whole room devoted to the show. We call it the I Love Lucy room...shocker, huh?

My mother celebrated her 63rd Birthday on the 20th and since I couldn't make it out to Stockton to see her during the week, the family celebrated yesterday.

I wanted to make her something special...and I couldn't go wrong with I Love Lucy.

When I asked my Dad what kind of cake she'd like, he told me white cake with caramel something. First, I planned to make my popular caramel banana cake but then I realized I had a packet of Cheesecake Mousse mix that I'd been waiting for an opportunity to use...and this was my opportunity!

I printed the show logo and used it to carve the same heart shape for the cake. I wanted it to be as much like the real thing as possible...I was dealing with a fanatic here!


Then I piped the cheesecake mousse into the center and doused it with caramel sauce!


This cake was super easy to frost...which came as a surprise.
I covered the cake in vanilla swiss meringue buttercream.


Then, I covered it in red fondant.

I placed the logo on top of the fondant covered cake and went over the "I Love Lucy" with a pen as a guide, because I have made it no secret that my free hand writing is not the best. I opted to pipe dots...well because that's easier to not screw-up.


I asked my boyfriend to take some "action shots" of me decorating the cake since I rarely have any because I'm usually the one taking the photos.


Apparently, this is an "action shot." Silly, boyfriend.


My sister and I also got my Mom a collector's bottle of I Love Lucy wine for her birthday, to go with the cake :)


She loved them both.


Happy Birthday Ma Mere!!!