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Vegan Red Velvet Cupcakes With Cream Cheese Frosting

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Vegan red velvet cupcakes – moist, fluffy, easy to make chocolate and vanilla cupcakes with tangy vegan cream cheese frosting. Perfect for Halloween (or just any day).

Vegan red velvet cupcakes - moist, fluffy, easy to make chocolate and vanilla cupcakes with tangy vegan cream cheese frosting. #vegan #cupcakes #redvelvet

Red velvet cake is good all year round, but it’s deep, blood red colour is particularly well suited to Halloween, which is why I chose now to post my vegan red velvet cupcakes recipe.

These vegan red velvet cupcakes are really quick and easy to make; and their delicious, not quite chocolate, not quite vanilla flavour is very moreish; particularly when they are topped with tangy vegan cream cheese frosting!…

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Witches’ Finger Cookies And Red Velvet Hot Chocolate

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Witches’ finger cookies served with red velvet hot chocolate ‘blood’ make a spooktacular treat for Halloween!

Witches' finger cookies - a gory but delicious treat for Halloween!

Witches' finger cookies - a gory but delicious treat for Halloween!

This is my last Halloween post (for this year), I promise! These witches’ finger cookies are fun to make and very creepy looking, especially if you serve them with red velvet hot chocolate ‘blood’ for dipping them in!…

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Halloween Jack-O-Lantern Pumpkin Pies

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Halloween Jack-O-Lantern pumpkin pies – put your pumpkin carving skills to good use with these tasty, creepy (or cute – your choice!) pumpkin pies for Halloween.

Halloween Jack-O-Lantern pumpkin pies - creepy (or cute - your choice!) pumpkin pies for Halloween.

Halloween Jack-O-Lantern pumpkin pies - fun, tasty individual pumpkin pies for Halloween.

It is very nearly Halloween so I should probably get a move on and share the couple of Halloween recipes that I have left before it is too late! these Halloween Jack-O-lantern pumpkin pies take a little bit of time and effort to make but they look really effective and would make a great addition to a Halloween party spread….

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Monochrome Cake

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Monochrome cake – a stylish black and white stripy chocolate and vanilla cake which is perfect for a classy Halloween party.

Monochrome cake - a stylish black and white stripy chocolate and vanilla cake. Perfect for a classy Halloween party.

Monochrome cake (aka Beetlejuice cake) - a stylish black and white stripy chocolate and vanilla cake. Perfect for a classy Halloween party.

I’ve had the idea for this cake in mind since last year and have been collecting black and white sweets for it for months so I figured i should probably get round to turning my ideas into reality. The reality did not disappoint, the cake turned out exactly as I had imagined and I’m sure you’ll agree that it is quite the looker!…

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Halloween Haunted Pavlova (AKA The Haunting Of Anna Pavlova)

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Halloween haunted pavlova – a spooky, impressive centerpiece with meringue ghosts and bones, Oreo soil and berry coulis blood; it is easier to make than you might think!

Halloween haunted pavlova - a spooky, impressive centerpiece with meringue ghosts and bones, Oreo soil and berry coulis blood; it is easier to make than you might think!

Haunted Halloween pavlova - a spooky, impressive centerpiece with meringue ghosts and bones, Oreo soil and berry coulis blood; it is easier to make than you might think!

Now that we are firmly into October I figured that I should probably start sharing some Halloween bakes. I really enjoyed making (and eating!) this Halloween haunted pavlova, also known as ‘The Haunting Of Anna Pavlova’ – props to my cousin Maddy for coming up with that one!…

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Mini Bleeding Heart Halloween Cakes

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Mini bleeding heart Halloween cakes – mini red velvet layer cakes topped with a realistic bleeding heart cake & ganache ‘blood’.

Mini bleeding heart Halloween cakes - mini red velvet layer cakes with cooked flour frosting, bloody heart cakes and gananche 'blood'; ideal for Halloween!

I haven’t had as much fun in the kitchen in a long time as I had making these mini bleeding heart Halloween cakes. Yes I am still trying to clean the food colouring off my hands and worktops but it was a fun and almost therapeutic craft project. …

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Meringue Bone Palace Halloween Cake

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Meringue bone palace Halloween cake – moist chocolate cake filled with vanilla meringue buttercream & jam, coated in meringue bones with berry coulis ‘blood’ on the side.

meringue bone palace halloween cake - moist chocolate cake filled with vanilla swiss meringue buttercream and raspberry jam covered in meringue bones with berry coulis blood on the side

So now it’s October (how already?!) I think it’s acceptable to start posting Halloween things. I love coming up with Halloweeny bakes, it’s a chance to let my gothic creativity run wild and I have so many ideas that there’s no way I’ll be able to make them all. …

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Chocolate Blackberry Elegantly Gothic Halloween Cake

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Three layers of moist chocolate cake, filled with blackberry jam, iced with blackberry swiss meringue buttercream & topped with blackberry ganache & chocolate bark

Chocolate blackberry elegantly gothic Halloween cake with blackberry swiss meringue buttercream and backberry ganache

It does occur to me that seeing as my blog name is the Domestic Gothess there is a serious lack of gothic bakes…this cake is here to rectify that oversight. I went all out with the food colouring for this one so make sure that you have a couple of pots of each colour, one probably won’t be enough!…

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Cranberry Pumpkin Loaf Cake

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cranberry pumpkin bread

I’ve been a bit late to the pumpkin party this year, although I cook with butternut squash a lot (it’s my favourite vegetable), I don’t often bake with it, but I decided to remedy that this week with a loaf of pumpkin bread (I say bread but I would call this a loaf cake…) and now I’m kicking myself for not getting in the game sooner because this cake is delicious…Seriously, seriously good!…

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Mint Choc Chip Chocolate Zebra Cake

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mint choc chip chocolate zebra cake

Sometimes I get the urge to bake something utterly over the top, this time, I wanted to make something GREEN…The cake stash was getting low so I knew that it had to be some form of cake…What’s green…? Mint. What goes with mint…? CHOCOLATE! So….mint choc chip chocolate zebra cake was born. The cake itself is an impressive looking hidden design of alternating layers of chocolate and peppermint sponge, covered in mint choc chip buttercream and topped with chocolate ganache and peppermint chocolate bark. Minty chocolate heaven….

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