Blood Splatter Cupcakes with Glass Daggers
With a base of moist spice cake and fluffy cream cheese frosting, these get the halloween treatment with sharp glassy candy daggers and lots of gooey splattered blood making them both a trick and treat.
Blood Splatter Cupcakes with Glass Daggers
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Author: The Squishy Monster
Serves: 2-3 dozen
Ingredients
Spice Cake
- 1¾ c unbleached flour
- 1 ts baking powder
- ½ ts salt
- 1 ts cinnamon*
- ½ ts nutmeg*
- ¼ ts cloves*
- ⅛ ts allspice*
- ⅛ ts ginger*
- ¾ c oil
- 1½ c brown sugar
- 3 room temperature eggs
- ¾ c room temperature whole buttermilk
- 1 ts pure vanilla extract
Frosting
- 16 oz soft cream cheese
- 2-3 c *sifted* confectioners/powdered sugar
- 1 ts pure vanilla
- 1 tb heavy cream {optional}
- ¼ ts fine salt
Glass Candy
- 1 c granulated sugar
- ½ c corn syrup
Blood
- Red jelly
Instructions
- In a large bowl, whisk/sift together the flour, baking powder, salt, and all the spices. Set aside,
- In a separate bowl, combine the oil and sugar.
- Add the eggs, one at a time with the buttermilk and vanilla.
- In thirds, slowly combine the first, dry bowl with the second, wet bowl. Do not over mix.
- Bake at 350 for 17-20 minutes for standard sizes and 9-12 minutes for mini sizes.
- For the frosting, break up the cream cheese and slowly cream in the sifted powdered sugar. Add the vanilla, cream, and salt and cream until fluffy. Frost cooled cupcakes.
- Please refer to videos for making the glass candy and assembling the cupcakes.
Notes
*Freshly ground yields the best flavor
Love,
Your Squishy Monster ^.~
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WOW! COOL! So colorful and delcipus ooking.Thanks for sharing this Angie. I would add some peppermint oil. YU,!
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Les.
OMG! Love this post soooooo much. My office have decided we are going to do Halloween this year, and these little blood splatter cupcakes will go down a treat. Such fun!
These cupcakes look so creepy and fun at the same time, Angela.
those cupcakes are to die for Squishy! muahaha
Best halloween cupcakes ever. Proclaimed, ordained, everything
Love the glass daggers!
Just adoring all the food halloween posts and your cupcakes top the list! The glass daggers…so cool! I want a cupcake even if my life is at risk.
This is just too cool, should be fun to eat with a group.
I love your maniacal laugh!
Yum! Thanks for watching, Les!
But would you save me or Judith? I thought that was such a crazy question to ask Tyrese on the talking dead, lol!
I don’t really make sweets, so this glass candy was a new idea for me! How cool!! I enjoyed your tutorial. I should try this with my kids!
Oh my goodness, these cupcakes are so fun!!! Love the blood splatter and glass daggers – they’re so perfect for Halloween
What a great idea! Blood + dagger is far out! Love it!
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