Creepcakes

Name: Creepcakes
Yield: makes 12 standard and 12 mini
Ingredients: 12 each standard and mini cupcakes, such as Yellow Buttermilk (page 26) or One-Bowl Chocolate (page 152); Swiss Meringue Buttercream (page 304); Leaf-green, lemon-yellow, forest-green, and black gel-paste food colors; Assorted candies (see page 230); 1/2 cup semisweet chocolate chips, melted (optional; see page 323)

January 24, 2012

For Halloween, create silly and scary-looking faces with buttercream, candy, marshmallows, and, of course, cupcakes. Decorating the cakes is a great activity for kids and parents to do together: Set out cupcakes and bowls of colored frostings and assorted candies and let everyone create his or her own aliens, monsters, and beasts.

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