Spiderweb Cupcakes

Gotta love Martha Stewart. I love reading her website for ideas and I saw her post a No-Bake Spiderweb Cheesecake. I thought the spiderweb design on top of the cake was great. I used her method to recreate the design on cupcakes.IngredientsBaked cupcakes (I used Pillbury's Devil Food Cake)White Betty Crocker cookie icingBetty Crocker Decorating Gel in blackAfter baking the cupcakes, I waited for them to cool down to start decorating.Apply a thin layer of  the white Betty Crocker cookie icing onto the cupcakes. After covering the surface of the cupcake, wait for the icing to set, about 5 minutes. Now you can start making the web.Starting...

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Jack Skellington Cupcakes

Besides carving a Nightmare Before Christmas pumpkin, I also decided to make some cupcakes, decorated to look like Jack Skellington's face. I got the inspiration for this on the Disney Family website and really loved the idea. The execution was pretty simple too.IngredientsBaked cupcakes (I used Pillbury's Devil Food cake mix)White Betty Crocker cookie icingWilton Black Decorating Icing Wilton No. 3 round decorating tipWilton Coupler Ring (to attach the round decorating tip to the icing tube)After baking the cupcakes, I waited for them to cool down to start decorating.I used white Betty Crocker cookie icing for the face and Wilton Black...

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My Halloween Pumpkins

Besides dressing up every year, my favorite thing to do during the Halloween season is pumpkin carving. This year I carved three pumpkins.This Nightmare Before Christmas themed pumpkin was the first one I carved this year. I absolutely love this movie and every year I do something themed with this film. I used two templates to come up with the end result.My second pumpkin was a Dia de los muertos skull. It took me two days to do this. I got the pattern for it at Jammin' Pumpkins. I carved this pumpkin and the Jack and Sally pumpkin using a Pumpkin Masters carving kit.My third pumpkin was Don Draper from Mad Men. I love this show, and I missed...

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