Harry Potter Treats

Ever wanted to throw a Harry Potter Halloween party? Not sure what to serve? No worries! Just peruse Britta Peterson's amazing Hogwarts menu.

Her Pumpkin Pasties look delicious!

I am definitely trying the Butter Beer recipe.
She has two versions.

Alcoholic Butter Beer made with Butterscotch Schnapps
And Non-Alcoholic.
Britta also has a number of other great Halloween recipe ideas,
like this Spider Brie En Croute.
She also adapts this amazing Penn & Teller Bleeding Heart recipe. Impressed yet?

Terrible Treats: The Witch's House

When most people think about a gingerbread house, images of Christmas and cheery snowmen seem to come to mind. Not for me. I tend to think of dark woods, witches and children being baked into terrible treats in a giant oven per the classic fairytale Hansel and Gretel. Here are some of my favorite takes on the witch's gingerbread house.

This is a cute, easy to make version.


Of course Martha Stewart has an amazing version that is elegant but perhaps harder to build.


And now for my personal favorite. This little gingerbread house has all the qualities of the season. It's a little scary, a little sweet, easy to construct (note the use of Golden Grams cereal as shingles)and looks totally cute and delicious! Go HERE for more about this wonderful house and the wonderful woman who made it!

Terrible Treats Tuesday

Last week Alison posted about the Poltergeist cake that the famous Ace of Cakes made. It got me thinking about what other Halloween cakes were out there. To say the least, I came across some good ones, and some pretty bad ones

Here's the Good:

I like cute Halloween cakes and I think these guys are adorable.


Martha does it again. I can't imagine how long this takes to make.

A woman made this cake for her son.
It was her first time using fondant. I think she did a great job.

Love the red filling!!

This is a B-day cake, but I like macabre color combo. So bleak.

Funny, cute, and enough cake for everyone.

I love all the fine details in this cake.
The fence, cobblestone, and the moon.
This one is my favorite. So amazing!

Now for the BAD:

I had a hard time deciding whether this cake was good or bad,
cuz it is so fucking awesome!!

This is what happens when TwiHards(teenage Twilight fans)
try to make cakes.

Yes, this is a cake. Yes, it is gross.

Looks like someone got carried away with cake accessories. Fail.

If I tried to make a Skull Cake, it would turn out like this.
I'm sure this was delicious, but seriously,
the rice krispy treats look like barf.

Impressive, but tacky. I also find myself asking, Why?
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