Halloween Makeup Ideas....Scary Zippers

Oh i love Halloween.... It's so much fun to see all the little trick-or-treaters that come to my house, they are so many different type's of children Halloween costumes these days, it's great. Although children Halloween costumes is only have the fun, the half is seeing all the amazing costumes make up, it varies from very simply to extremely complex. When i was searching for Halloween makeup ideas the other day, i found this crazy video, "Halloween make up artist", what a talented kid, i want to try this out one day, but probably not so Dark and Dreary. I would love to try this with bight colors and a pale face, like a rag doll look, i think it would be cute. If any of you have cool Halloween makeup tips, easy make up, or Halloween makeup ideas, please leave a post and let me know what they are. Thanks everybody:)

The Best Dessert for any Halloween Party....

Now that you have the hottest Halloween costume around town, it's time to think of all the delicious food you're going to make for your Halloween party. When it comes to food, dessert has always been my favorite thing to make. I mean, how can you go wrong with making a dessert, it always the biggest hits at all the party’s. At are last annual Halloween party, my good friend amber brought this amazing Spiced Caramel Roulade with Ginger Cream, it was a huge hit with all the kids, and it has a great taste with an incredible cream filling too. You can use this dessert for any holiday, since your using powder sugar on the top on the roll; you can decorate and customize it any way you would like. If you love easy dessert recipes, this is the book for you. I bought this a year ago and i swear i use it about ever other week. It's really great for kids too. Click Here Taste of Home: Cake Mix Creations: 216 Easy Desserts that Start with a Mix
Great for all occasion..


Spiced Caramel Roulade With Ginger Cream

Cook time: 15 min Level: Intermediate Yield: 8 to 12 servings


Ingredients

Cake:

• Vegetable oil
• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for dusting pan
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1/2 teaspoon fine salt
• 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cardamom
• 2 (2 1/2-ounce) jars sweet potato baby food (about 1/2 cup)
• 1/3 cup buttermilk
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 8 tablespoons (1 stick) unsalted butter, softened
• 1 cup sugar
• 3 large eggs, at room temperature
• Confectioners' sugar, for dusting

Filling:

• 1 1/2 cups heavy whipping cream
• 1 tablespoon confectioners' sugar
• 1/3 cup thinly sliced (or chopped) crystallized ginger
• 1/4 cup caramel sauce
• Ground cinnamon, for dusting, optional

Directions

Position a rack in the center of the oven and preheat to 350 degrees F. Lightly grease, then line a 13 by 18-inch jelly-roll pan with parchment or waxed paper. (Let the paper come up the long sides by about 2 inches - this will make it easier to form the roll.) Brush paper with oil or butter, dust with flour, tap out excess.

Cake: Whisk together 1 1/2 cups flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, cloves, salt, ginger and cardamom together in a medium bowl. In another bowl, combine sweet potato, buttermilk, and vanilla until smooth.

Beat butter and sugar in the bowl of an electric mixer on high speed until light and fluffy, about 4 minutes. Reduce to low; add eggs 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Add flour mixture in 3 parts, alternating with the wet mixture in 2 parts, beginning and ending with flour. Beat until just blended. (If needed, fold batter together with a rubber spatula.)

Spread batter evenly in prepared pan. Bake until cake springs back when pressed lightly, about 15 minutes.

Run knife around cake edge, and invert cake onto a cotton tea towel (100 percent cotton works best and keeps the cake from sticking) generously dusted with confectioners' sugar. Carefully pull back parchment paper to release, and then place it back on top of the cake. Gently roll up the cake and towel together, starting from the narrow end to make a fat roll.

Meanwhile for the filling, whip cream and confectioner's sugar to soft peaks. Fold in crystallized ginger.

Carefully unroll the cake and remove the towel. Drizzle caramel over the cake. Spread gingered cream evenly over the cake. Using the short edge of parchment as guide, roll the cake up into a fat, loose cylinder. Transfer to a long platter. Dust with more confectioners' sugar and cinnamon in a Halloween pattern if desired. Serve, now or refrigerate until ready to serve.

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Best Dessert for any Halloween Party... Cupcakes?

One of my favorite dessert to make are cupcakes, I love cupcakes; you can do so many cool and creative things with cupcakes. Last year for are annual Halloween party, I found this really cute cupcake recipe, they’re little ghost. How cute and clever is that? They were so easy and fun to make too. One of my favorite cookbooks is this cupcake book, it is an amazing. There are so many cool and delicious recipes, it is great for any party. CLICK HERE You'll love it.. Get creative with your food. Halloween is one of the best holiday to do some extremely spooky decorating. If you have any recipes that you would like to share please post them. I love trying new recipes out. Thanks!!!

Ghouly Cupcakes

Cook Time: 25 min Level: Easy Yield: 12 Cupcakes

Ingredients

Cupcakes:

• 3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter, cut into pieces
• 1/2 cup root beer, flat
• 1/3 cup unsweetened Dutch-processed cocoa
• 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 1/4 cups sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon fine salt
• 1/4 cup sour cream
• 2 large eggs, room temperature
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

Frosting:

• 8 large egg whites
• 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar
• 1 pinch fine salt
• 1 teaspoon banana extract, or more to taste
• 1 to 2 drops pastel food coloring, optional
• Candied eyeballs

Directions

Equipment: 12 cup standard muffin tin

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line standard muffin tins with cupcake liners or spray footed cupcake holders with nonstick spray.

Put the butter, root beer, and cocoa in a microwave-safe bowl, cover with plastic wrap, and microwave on HIGH until the butter melts, about 2 minutes. Whisk to combine.

Meanwhile, whisk the flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt together in a large bowl. Whisk the sour cream, eggs, and vanilla together in a small bowl.

Whisk the hot cocoa mixture into the dry ingredients. Stir in the sour cream mixture just to combine; take care not to overmix. Divide the batter evenly between the prepared muffin cups, filling each one about 3/4 of the way full, about 1/4 cup per cupcake. Bake cupcakes until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean, about 25 minutes. Cool the cupcakes completely in the tin on a rack. Remove from liners and return cakes to a rack.

For Frosting: Bring a few inches of water to a boil in a saucepan that can hold a mixer's bowl above the water. Whisk the egg whites, sugar, cream of tartar, and salt in the bowl by hand. Set the bowl above the boiling water and continue whisking until the mixture is hot to the touch and the sugar dissolves, about 1 to 2 minutes. Transfer the mixture to a standing mixer fitted with the whisk attachment and beat at medium-high speed until eggs beat up into a cool stiff meringue, about 5 minutes. Add a few drops of desired extract and/or food coloring and lightly beat into the meringue.

To decorate: Using a spoon, offset spatula or piping bag, dollop, spread or pipe about 1/2 cup meringue on top of each cupcake to make a ghost or monster of your choice. Decorate with candied eyeballs or other candies. These can be finished 2 to 3 hours in advance and held at room temperature.

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Couple Costumes... Batman and Cat Women!!!

OMG can you believe it’s almost that time of year again. The other day I was browsing through the mall, when I ran across a little Halloween boutique; I can’t believe Halloween is almost here, I love Halloween:)I'm kind of stressed out though, i have no clue what were going to be this year, we were thinking of dressing up as batman and cat women. I know they might sound pretty boring, but I found these super cute batman and cat women costumes, i think we would be the cutest couple at our annual Halloween party. However there is only one problem, the batman and cat women costume I like are kind of expensive. I found this website that has the same batmen and cat women costume for eighty dollars less. I can't wait until Halloween night, so we can strut are stuff. Go bat world...

Cutest Toddler Halloween Costume

Like many kids around the world, Halloween has always been one of my favorite holidays. Who doesn’t love dressing up as their favorite superhero or princess? As a kid you would wear your Halloween costume everyday if your parents would let you, but we all know the best thing about Halloween is getting mounts and mounts of free candy, as a kid it seem like a dream come true. Well it’s almost that time of the year again and I can not wait, I already have my Halloween costume. If you haven’t found the perfect Halloween costume yet use this coupon and get one. Get 10% off your order from SpiritHalloween when you use the coupon code 'SPHA10'! Offer expires on 9/30/09! or get
Get 20% off 1 item at SpiritHalloween when you use the coupon code SPAF20! Hurry, this offer ends 10/29/09!, they have the biggest selection costumes ever. If you have kids or know anybody that does, they have the cutest toddler Halloween costume. I have never seen so many cute and unique infant and toddler Halloween costumes. Here are some of my favorites.