Halloween recipe and a ghoulish story
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Halloween.
It's sometimes funny, sometimes frightening, sometimes strange...but without a doubt, the Halloween candies always taste good.
Behind all the costumes, candies and pumpkins, there lies the strange story of Halloween...
A long time ago, Halloween was merely a celebration to symbolize the transition between the warm season to the cold season. During this dark night, it was thought that all the dead, ghosts and ghouls, and the spirits of the night, would come back on the earth in order to haunt the living. In 840AD, Pope Gregoire IV decided to establish the "the Day of the Dead" which was also known as, All Hallows’ Eve (Halloween).
One of the traditions which was started was the concept of the Jack o'lantern. To commemorate the legend ofthe Jack o’ lantern, who was said to be the man who gave his soul to the devil and doomed to walk in hell with a lantern, people from all around the world, would put a candle inside of a turnip. Many years later, the turnip was replaced by the pumpkin, because it was much easlier to hollow out.
Source: The Vancouver Observer
How to make cake pops
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Once you’ve got the basic idea, you can have a lot of fun customizing these little goodies with different flavors of cake, frosting, and candy coating! Then, get creative with the decorating! I’m already planning on making bloody eyeball cake pops for Halloween , turkeys for Thanksgiving , and snowmen and trees for Christmas!
For my little guy’s third birthday (and my first attempt at cake-popping ), I made a batch of decadent triple chocolate cake pops. It’s a simple, but somewhat time-consuming process, so plan ahead. Here’s how it’s done.
You will need:
1 13×9-inch cake Cake frosting (approximately 1-1/2 cups) Lollipop sticks Candy Melts (approximately 4 cups)* Sprinkles or other decorating candies (optional) Block of Styrofoam
*If your grocery store doesn’t carry the candy melts, check your local craft store. They come in all sorts of colors and flavors!
Bake a 13x9-inch cake. Use your favorite homemade recipe or one box of any flavor cake mix. (You can bake the cake a day ahead of time, if desired.)
Source: Christian Science Monitor
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