Scary Dollies and Bat Candles

                                          scary dollies cupcakes

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Yesterday my step son Daniel tried to tell my husband and I that a spider was trying to enter his car to "kill him"... I say "tried to tell" because we were laughing so hard once he mentioned the spider had murderous intentions we didn't hear the rest of the story. 

For Dan, spiders are the ultimate in "creepiness"; for me it's dollies... dollies with eyes that open and close. 

Near death to dead from fright?? I was seven years old and literally dying from post surgery complications. The powers to be (namely my parents) had a secret surprise for me they told me to rest and everyone left the room, including the last rights priest. I was laying in my hospital bed when a giant blinking eyed doll popped up beside me, when it spoke I started screaming. And, I screamed and screamed and screamed!! 

I was lucky enough (so I was told!!) to be have visited by the famous Australian ventriloquist Ron Blaskett and his doll 'Gerry Gee'. 

Gerry Gee and Ron Blaskett

Today's blog post is super easy "ideas" for Halloween treats, let them be a springboard for your creations.

Simple cupcakes baked in Halloween cases are spread with frosting, sprinkled with crushed cookie crumbs then topped with moving eye baby dolls. I cut the heads off some of the dolls, melted bits, pulled off limbs to make my scary doll cupcakes. 

Baby dolls from SilverCrow Creations (US)

                                         Happy Halloween Cupcake

A resin skull treat box (I got these a few years ago) holds lollies and then is topped with a simple frosted cupcake, edible glitter and bat candle. The cake is attached with a dab of melted chocolate.

skull treat box

I coloured the toothpick on the bat toothpick candles with food colour to match the theme.

Bat candles by Ramona Ramona, I got mine from Little Betsy Baker (AU). 

Happy baking :)

Cockroach Cupcakes

                                     gothic cockroach cupcakes

Alas not back to full time blogging yet... but I do have a week of Halloween baking I'll be posting.

I'm saying "Halloween", but really I'm in vampire mode as my step-son Daniel readies himself to shoot his end of year short film to complete his first year of film studies. Yes, it's going to be a vampire story. To celebrate today's cupcakes have a gothic feel, thanks in part to Martha Stewart's gothic bug halloween cupcake liners and partly because I'm old enough to remember a time when vampires didn't sparkle!! 

Quick and easy to make, you will need...

12 iced, frosted or fondant topped cupcakes (I used choc/caramel cakes with caramel fondant)

12 rubber or plastic cockroaches or suitable creepy crawlies

1/2 cup crushed plain chocolate biscuits (cookies)

Dig a a hole in your cakes with the point of a small sharp knife, sprinkle a few biscuit crumbs in and around the hole then insert your cockroach. 

That's it, happy baking :)

My cockroaches came from SilverCrow Creations.  

*if serving to children under two years of age replace rubber/plastic bugs with lolly versions.

More rubbery creepy crawlies with quick and easy along came the spiders cupcakes....

                     Along came the Spider

                     BOO!! cupcake toppers