The Cake Merchant

Halloween Marshmallow Pops

I have a love/hate relationship with Halloween.

I love:
Sugary treats
Babies and small animals in costume
Creative and original costumes
This cake
Casper the Friendly Ghost

I hate:
Scary movies
Slutty halloween costumes
Scary movies
Did I mention scary movies?
General Halloween related obnoxiousness

These marshmallow pops definitely fall into the first category. Plus, they make you look fancy without even having to turn your oven on.

It all started when I came across these sprinkles. They were way too cute to pass up!

Then I found these matching candy melts.

I really wanted to make these adorable twinkies on a stick, but I hate twinkies, so I opted for marshmallow pops instead.

I started by putting 3 marshmallows onto a lollipop stick, and dipping them into white chocolate candy melts.

I put them in the fridge to set up and started to get the colored candy melts ready. After I melted them in separate bowls, I put them into individual icing bags for drizzling.

Then, I snipped a small amount off the corner of each bag and drizzled chocolate over the marshmallow pops.

 

 

 

While they were still wet, I topped them with sprinkles.

After they were completely dry, I wrapped them in individual treat bags and tied them with colored ribbon.

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Pumpkin Meringues- A Guest Post!

I’m so excited to be guest posting on Best Friends For Frosting today. I’m a huge fan of the website, so when Melissa asked me to contribute a Halloween themed dessert, I immediately said yes. These pumpkin meringue cookies are festive and really easy to make. For the recipe, click here.

Chocolate Cream Pie

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I have made a lot of cakes in my lifetime, and probably more cupcakes than I can count, but when it comes to pies, I am still a novice. In fact, I made my very first pie last Thanksgiving, and it was nothing short of a disaster. Thank goodness a mound of whipped cream can cover up even the most glaring mistakes. Recently, I had an insane craving for a chocolate cream pie. I just could not get it out of my head. I was so desperate, I thought about getting a store bought crust and some instant chocolate pudding to fulfill my craving, but I wanted to attempt a scratch version at least once before going the easy route.

After doing some research, I came across this recipe on Saveur’s website, and the picture completely sucked me in. This pie contains 2 sticks of butter, 9 egg yolks, and lots of half and half and heavy cream, but it’s totally worth every calorie. Bikini season is a long way off, anyway. It’s also worth the effort that it takes to make it. The texture is silky but rich, with an intense chocolate flavor that you just can’t get from a pudding mix. Keep in mind that the tastiness of this pie is directly proportional to the quality of the ingredients that you use. This is especially true for the chocolate, since that’s where most of the flavor comes from. I used a combination of Scharfen Berger 62% and 70%, but you can use any good quality chocolate you like.

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