Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Caramel Popcorn Balls

This popcorn ball recipe is unbelievably good! Easy to make and a hit with party goers. Wrap them in spiderweb cellophane wrap for a take home treat for guest.

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INGREDIENTS
5 tablespoons vegetable oil
2 1/2 cups unpopped popcorn
1/4 cup butter
1 cup packed light brown sugar
1/2 cup light corn syrup
2/3 cup sweetened condensed milk
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract


DIRECTIONS
Add 1 tablespoon of the oil to a 4 quart saucepan, and heat over high heat. When oil is hot, add 1/2 cup of popping corn. Keep pan moving constantly. When corn stops popping, remove from heat. Place popped corn in oven to keep warm. Repeat until all corn has been popped. Set aside.


In a medium saucepan with a candy thermometer inserted, combine butter, sugar, and corn syrup. Stir well and bring to boiling over medium heat. Stir in condensed milk; simmer, stirring constantly, until thermometer reads 238 degrees F (114 degrees C). Stir in vanilla.
Pour caramel over popped corn and stir to coat. Butter hands lightly; shape popcorn into balls about 3 1/2 inches in diameter.

Monday, September 28, 2009

Bake Scary Spider Web Cakes


Glow in the Dark Spider Web Cupcake Rings - 12ct
Price: $2.35


These rings will be a perfect fit for the scary, Halloween, or pirate party. These are made for cupcakes but are also a fun item to find in a goodies bag. Fun decoration and will add a creepiness to your cupcakes. Find this awesome Halloween item at Party Time Express.

Halloween Spider Web Cupcakes

Ingredients:

  • 1 devil's food cake mix

  • Water, vegetable oil and eggs called for on cake mix box

  • 1 container vanilla frosting

  • 3 drops red food color

  • 4 to 5 drops yellow food color

  • 1 tube black decorating gel

  • 48 Glow in the Dark Spider Web Cupcake Rings



  1. Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or nonstick pans). Make and cool cupcakes as directed on box for 24 cupcakes.

  2. Tint frosting with red and yellow food colors to make orange frosting. Spread frosting over tops of cupcakes.

  3. Squeeze circles of decorating gel on each cupcake; pull knife through gel from center outward to make web.

  4. Place spider on cupcake.

  5. Store loosely covered at room temperature.

High Altitude (3500-6500 ft): Follow High Altitude cake mix directions for cupcakes. Makes 30 cupcakes.

Baking a Jack-O-Lantern Cake



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Check out this easy Jack-O-Lantern Cake Recipe

Ingredients:

  • 2 boxes devil's food or white cake mix,

  • Water, vegetable oil and eggs or egg whites called for on cake mix box,

  • 2 containers (1 lb each) vanilla frosting

  • Yellow and red food color

  • 1 green flat-bottom ice-cream cone

  • Fruit Roll-Ups® chewy fruit snack rolls (any flavor)


Directions:



  1. Heat oven to 325°F. Grease and flour 2-quart round casserole or 2 1/2-quart ovenproof bowl. Make 1 box cake mix as directed on box, using water, oil and eggs or egg whites. Pour batter into casserole.

  2. Bake devil's food cake 1 hour 10 minutes to 1 hour 20 minutes, white cake about 1 hour 10 minutes, or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 15 minutes. Remove cake from casserole; place rounded side up on cooling rack. Cool completely, about 1 hour. Make and bake remaining cake mix using same casserole or bowl.

  3. With sharp knife, carefully slice piece from top of each cake to make flat surface where cakes will be placed together to form pumpkin shape. (Cake scraps can be saved and added to another recipe such as pudding or trifle if desired.)

  4. In medium bowl, place frosting; tint with 9 drops yellow and 6 drops red food color to make orange frosting. On plate, place 1 cake, rounded side down. Spread 2/3 cup of the orange frosting over cake almost to edge. Place second cake, rounded side up, on frosted cake to make round shape. Frost entire cake with remaining orange frosting.

  5. Trim ice-cream cone to desired height for stem; place upside down on cake. Cut out eyes, nose, mouth, vines and leaves from fruit snack rolls. Place on frosted cake to form face.

  6. Store tightly covered at room temperature.



High Altitude (3500-6500 ft): No change for Devil's Food cake mix. Follow High Altitude cake mix directions for White cake mix and proceed as directed in recipe