YES! I love Halloween. It is so fun to look at people’s funny costumes when they walk by.
Getting free candy without even paying a cent is pretty good, as long as you don’t get a stomach ache! 😦   This year, I decided to be Hermione Granger from the Harry Potter series and my brother is Harry BTW.  Do you have a favorite part about Halloween? Tell us!!

$ydney*

Halloween is great!  Kids love having an excuse to dress up and eat candy!  So do grown-ups for that matter.  What’s not to like?!  A persisting memory is cold and wet weather.  I have visions of little ones with costumes stretched over puffy coats and make-up running down cold faces dripping with wet snow.  Doesn’t it seem that the weather is mild and beautiful until….Halloween.  Suddenly the temperature drops and, with it,  the hope for endless trick or treating.  The local weather media tell a different story.  They claim that there are fewer times it has snowed or rained on this special day than memory serves.  That being the case, the disappointment of cold weather must make a deep impression.  The good news is that the forecast for this Halloween is mild and dry, just the way we like it!  Sydney and I love this recipe for Halloween cupcakes from Cupcake Heaven by Jennie Milsom.  Enjoy…and BOO to you!

Nana

Halloween Cupcakes

3 eggs

3/4 c. extra fine sugar

1 1/2 c. all-purpose flour

2 tsp. baking powder

3/4 c.butter

Preheat the oven to 350’mmLine two 12 muffin pans with paper baking cups.  Mix all ingredients in a medium bowl.  Mix with an electric mixer for 3-4 minutes, until smooth.  Divide the mixture between all the cups.  Bake 15 minutes until golden brown and the center lightly springs back.  Cool on a wire rack.

Frosting

1 c. butter, softened

1 c. confectioner’s (powdered) sugar

3 tbsp. cocoa powder or a few drops of orange food coloring

1 tbsp. milk

orange and yellow sprinkles

Mix all ingredients in a large bowl until smooth.  Spoon into a frosting bag and pipe onto cupcakes.  Top with sprinkles.  Enjoy!