catering

I very excitedly accepted my first large-ish catering gig a month or so ago.  The order list was long and gave me a bit of anxiety to think about accomplishing.  When it came down to the week of the party (this past week) I relied on my grocery list and a detailed cooking/baking schedule.  I was pleased with the results.  I think my customer was too.

Hungry caterpillar cupcakes

gory cupcakes

In honor of Halloween this week I made Gory Cupcakes for Ladytroupe Sweets Market Day.  They look like a disgusting stab wound oozing bloody flesh.  But I promise they taste delicious.  It's a moist almond flavored butter cake with vanilla bean butter cream frosting and a homemade strawberry sauce.  The "glass" is shards of hard candy.    When I initially looked at my perfectly frosted and sauced cakes I knew that they looked too pretty. I imagine that stab wounds are pretty messy so I drizzled extra blood (sauce) on the edges so it would drip a bit making them look more horrific.

I really loved people's reactions to these cupcakes at Market Day today.  Some people got the gory part right away.  Other's I had to explain a bit, but once they got the Halloween joke, they were thrilled.  I answered lots of questions about the candy glass.

 I had so much fun making these.  Don't you think they are disgusting and gorgeous all at the same time?