Chocolate Cauldron Cakes

It's that time of year to pull out your cauldron

to whip up some of those Halloween potions

and spells to enchant and delight!

These little pots are not only charming,

they are delicious and the little

witches and wizards

will be grabbing them off your plate.

Beaulah and I whipped these up to celebrate

our entrance letters to Hogwarts.  

She says she doesn't need any training at

Hogwarts, but I certainly do!

We started with my favorite brownie recipe baked

in a half round silicone mold.  After cooling and 

removing the brownie from the mold, we dipped them

in chocolate, and let cool.

The bubbling brew is almond flavored buttercream,

which really tastes yummy!

Cauldron Cakes Recipe

2 eggs, lightly beaten

1 C. sugar

1/2 C. butter, melted

1 tsp. vanilla

2/3 C. flour

1/3 C. cocoa

1/4 tsp. salt

1 C. semi-sweet chocolate chips

2 C. melted chocolate discs

Preheat oven to 350.  Blend the eggs, sugar, melted butter,

and vanilla.

In another bowl, mix together the flower, cocoa and 

salt with a whisk.

Mix the two together with a spoon.  Stir in the

chocolate chips.  

Bake in a lightly greased domed silicone pan for about 25 minutes.

Let cool, then pop in freezer to help remove them from

the silicone molds.  Makes 6

Remove carefully from the molds and dip

in the melted chocolate.  Turn upside down and 

let cool.  

When cool, pipe three dots on for

legs.  Let cool.  Turn over and pipe chocolate

around the rim of the cauldron.

Pipe handles with the chocolate.  Let cool.

Bubbling Potion Frosting

1/4 C. softened butter

2 C. powdered sugar

3/4 tsp. almond flavoring

Neon green food coloring

2 T. or more water

Place all in mixing bowl and beat

until creamy adding more water as needed.

Pipe with a round tip into the cauldrons.

Apply the handles by dipping ends into a

little melted chocolate.  

Hooray!  We will be going to Hogwarts soon!