Spider Halloween Cupcakes
These spider cupcakes by Sweet T’s Bake Shop in Spanish Fork, Utah are beyond adorable and perfect for any Halloween event.
They are described as
The cupcake itself is an orange carrot cupcake that is dressed up with coconut, variety of spices and toasted walnuts. Then they are topped off with a mound of cream cheese frosting and a 100% edible fondant spider web and spider. I’d place your order in now.
Sweet T’s Bake Shop
Spanish Fork
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The Chocolate Adventure Contest
Alright Utah, it’s time to represent! A national cupcake contest has begun! It’s called The Chocolate Adventure Contest sponsored by Scharffen Berger Chocolate and Tuttfoodie.
Anyone can enter. All you have to do is develop a cupcake recipe by combining Scharffen Berger artisan chocolate with one or more of 14 adventure ingredients. . You can submit up to 10 recipes before January 2, 2011.
The prizes are legit!
The First Place recipe winner receives:
- $10,000
- A custom selection of Scharffen Berger® chocolates
- The winning recipe in a Food Network Magazine
- The chance to fly to New York York City to distribute the winning cupcake on one of the city’s beloved Sweet Trucks
- The recipe will be featured on chocolateadventurecontest.com, ScharffenBerger.com and TuttiFoodie.com.
The Second Place Recipe Winner receives:
- $7,000
- The winner receives a signed copy of Demolition Desserts by Elizabeth Falkner, Pure Dessert by Alice Medrich, and The Essence of Chocolate, by John Scharffenberger and Robert Steinberg
- A custom selection of Scharffen Berger® chocolates
- The recipe will be featured on chocolateadventurecontest.com, ScharffenBerger.com and TuttiFoodie.com.
The Third Place Recipe Recipe Winner receives:
- $3,000
- The winner receives a signed copy of Demolition Desserts by Elizabeth Falkner, Pure Dessert by Alice Medrich, and The Essence of Chocolate, by John Scharffenberger and Robert Steinberg
- a custom selection of Scharffen Berger® chocolates
- The recipe will be featured on chocolateadventurecontest.com, ScharffenBerger.com and TuttiFoodie.com.
The adventure ingredients:
Stout beer (including oatmeal, chocolate, imperial or any other stout)
Ricotta
Buttermilk
Coconut milk, cream or butter
Saffron
Molasses (light, dark or blackstrap)
Adzuki bean
Fresh beet
Sweetened condensed milk
Chili pepper (fresh or whole dried)
Bee pollen
Meyer lemon
Almond flour
Sumatra coffee beans
I love the ingredient list to choose from. It really does sound adventureous. To be honest, I see so many of these pairing well with many Scharffen Berger chocolates.
Check out the Chocolate Adventure Contest Website for more info and how to enter.
About
hi. my name is becky.
i love utah and i love cupcakes.
it really is just that simple.
this blog is a place where utah and cupcakes come together.
i scope out all the latest cupcake news in utah. visit utah cupcakeries. review cupcake bakeries and cupcake-related items. i post cupcake recipes and ideas from other utah cupcake enthusiasts. i also travel to eat cupcakes and tell you about my adventures.
i hope you will join me in this journey. i can’t tell you how much i love to support local, how much i love eating quality cupcakes, meeting fun and interesting bakery owners and seeing their stores succeed and um…having fun!
cupcakes are here to stay! they are a tradition and not a trend!
join our flickr group, email me the latest on your cupcake baking and cupcake seeking adventures…we are bound to have a great time.
I also blog at Project Domestication — where you can see my personal baking adventures!
-becky
***For more about my story and love of cupcakes, read my guest blog post on Cupcakes Take The Cake!***
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