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Easy Spider Cupcakes Recipe for Halloween
I love spider cupcakes for Halloween. Gruesome food ideas always entertain the children. Preparation time: 15 minutes Cooking time: 25 minutes Serves: 12 Ingredients• 175g (6 oz) Stork tub • 175g (6 oz) golden caster sugar • 300g (11 oz) self raising flour, sieved • 3 medium eggs • 5 tablespoons milk • ½ teaspoon baking powder • 100g cooked pumpkin or butternut squash, mashed • 50g chocolate and hazelnut spread • Zest of 1 orange • Topping • 115g icing sugar • A little orange juice • 55g (2 oz) plain chocolate, melted or use chocolate and hazelnut spread • Liquorice sweets and laces to decorate Method 1. Place…
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Witches Fingers Recipe with Blood Dip
This witches fingers recipe is a must-have for any Halloween party. Perfectly tasty and gruesome treats. Makes: about 32 Preparation time: 15 minutes, plus 1 hour rising Cooking time: 12-15 minutes Ingredients: 225g strong plain white bread flour ½ teaspoon salt ½ teaspoon caster sugar ½ teaspoon fast- action dried yeast 1 teaspoon Very Lazy Garlic Paste 1 tablespoon Very Lazy Basil Paste 1 tablespoon olive oil 150ml warm water 1 egg, lightly beaten 25g freshly grated Parmesan cheese 32 blanched almonds Little paprika For the dip: 125g soft cream cheese 150g roasted red peppers, from a jar, drained 1 tablespoon tomato purée ½ teaspoon Very Lazy Piri Piri…
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Pumpkin and sweet potato soup recipe
Pumpkin and sweet potato soup combines two of my favourite things for a taste sensation. Ingredients 2 tbsp olive oil 1 onion, chopped 1 garlic clove, crushed 700g (1/b 6oz) pumpkin flesh, roughly chopped 2 sweet potatoes, peeled and roughly chopped 1.2 litres (2pts) water or vegetable stock 200ml (7fl oz) Alpro Soya Original alternative to milk 4 tbsp Alpro Soya Alternative to cream For the breadsticks: 4 assorted part baked bread sticks 2 tbsp olive oil Method 1 Heat the olive oil in a large pan, add the onion and garlic and cook for a few minutes to soften. 2 Add the pumpkin and sweet potato and cook for…
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Oozing eyeballs with spaghetti worms
Oozing Eyeballs with Spaghetti Worms Serves: 4-6 Preparation time: 20 minutes Cooking time: about 30 minutes 500 g minced turkey 3 tablespoons pesto sauce 25 g fresh white breadcrumbs 1 egg, beaten salt and freshly ground black pepper 50 g Mozzarella cheese, from a block, cut into thin sticks 350 g jar Newman’s Own Basilico sauce 4 extra large pitted black olives, sliced into 12 300 g dried spaghetti 1.Preheat the oven to 180˚C, Gas mark 4. Place the minced turkey in a mixing bowl, with the pesto sauce, breadcrumbs and egg. Season and mix until all the ingredients are combined. Shape into 12 meatballs and place on a non-stick…
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Spider Chocolate Cup Cakes Recipe – Halloween
Spider Chocolate Cup Cakes can be decorated with liquorice legs, great for Halloween! Makes 12 cakes < Spider Chocolate Cupcakes Recipe 100g plain chocolate 4tbsp golden syrup 150g unsalted butter, softened 80ml double cream 150g caster sugar 100g milk chocolate 20g cocoa, sifted 100g plain chocolate 3 eggs, beaten 3 tbsp Rachel’s Greek Style Natural Bio Live Yogurt 125g self raising flour 1 ½tsp baking powder Decoration 2 tbsp Rachel’s Greek Style Natural Bio Live Yogurt Chocolate sugar strands Smarties or similar sweets (for the eyes) Liquorice laces or Catherine wheels Method 1.Pre-heat the oven 180°C, gas mark 4 and line a muffin tray with paper cases. 2.Put the chocolate…
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Halloween Jelly Recipe
This easy Halloween Jelly is great fun to make and kids love to decorate their own – the spookier the better! Halloween jelly recipe Ready in: 4 – 6 hours or overnight Serves: 4 Halloween jelly ingredients: 4 leaves of gelatine 8 tbsps bottlegreen Cox’s Apple and Plum Cordial 2 clementines Selection of jelly sweets, i.e., wriggly worms, false teeth and snakes Halloween jelly method · Place the gelatine in a bowl, add 3tbsps water, leave to soak for 10 mins. · Peel the clementines, removing any pith and seeds, segment. · Place the bottlegreen cox’s apple and plum cordial into a large measuring jug, add the softened gelatine, pour on…
