Past Attempts II - Halloween

My favourite "holiday" has always been Halloween. For a few years, I have held a small party with friends. I do miss it. There is something different about people dressing up, perhaps because I love doing it myself and pretend to be some sort of monster for a few hours (pretend lightly, of course). I also enjoyed greatly doing the cooking and trying to find some original and spooky ways to make cakes (someone with incredible talent has a few over here).

My attemps were a lot more humble and probably childish in their appearances, but they were delicious none-the-less!

This was the second year. I made some kittens in chocolate (only one dared to chop their heads off with the knife), a zombie arm, witch fingers (yummy almond cookies) and a few other chocolaty things along with the finger punch.

The third year, I added what I think was a tiger cake dressed up as a white spider. This time, I sacrificed the poor kitten right away, covering it with its blood raspberry sauce. The baby spiders are coconut balls. I had the usual witch fingers, small other chocolates and the zombie arm.

With fewer guests on the 4th year, probably due to imposing a theme of reversed genders, I opted for a choclate cake cut as a vodoo doll, with marsipan rats having the first go. I really enjoyed that idea as it was quick and simple to make, while being really good with the raspberry sauce (if you spill that on the floor, expect a mess to clean up). You can see the lovely chocolate pumpkin in the back made with coloured chips.