I do have to say that I usually go overboard for the bake sale. I can never make up my mind what I want to do, so I do a little of everything (cake, cupcakes, cookies, brownies and candy)! This does make my hubby a little crazy as this means many hours in the kitchen and more than a few late nights and frantic runs to Michael's and the grocery store. Then the huge task of transporting it all to work and hoping that no one hits me because I'm driving so slow. LOL
This year I made two cakes. One choclocate with buttercream icing and covered in fondant and one pumpkin cake with buttercream icing and also covered in fondant. I did my usual brownies and also some adorable ghost s'mores and some candy filled mummies.
For the Boo Cake, I used cookie cutters for cut outs in white fondant of the "Boo", ghosts and headstones. The large ghost and "Boo" went on top and the smaller ghosts and headstones went on the sides. The ghost eyes, mouth and the "RIP" on on the headstones were written with edible markers. To finish out the cake a shell border using a tip 18.
For the Day of the Dead Cake, I covered it in hot pink fondant. I cut a separate piece of fondant the the skull. All of the designs are hand painted using luster dust (diluted with vodka...the vodka evaporates and leaves just the color). The border is rosettes piped with at tip 18 and a gold dragees place in the center of each rosette.
The candy filled mummies were made using the center cardboard from a roll of toilet paper. I filled them with candy and then wrapped them with strips of cheese cloth and added googly eyes.
Now these were so adorable. Ghost S'mores were made using 2 squares of graham crackers, a miniature Hershey bar and a ghost peep all placed in a treat bag and secured with a ribbon.
What's your favorite fall baking project?
