How do I know when the meringue is ready? Stop the mixer and dip the whisk attachment into the meringue. Lift up and if the peaks are completely straight up without bending at the tip, then it is ready! In the meantime… let’s make these skulls. I’ve been playing with these molds enough to know that it can take a bit of trial and error to get the chocolate skulls right. I’ve included all of my helpful tips, so hopefully you can avoid the mistakes I’ve made in the past, and get nice looking skulls on your first try…. lesson is – follow my advice and don’t take shortcuts, and you won’t be pulling your hair out later! Room temperature ingredients– Make sure all of your ingredients are at room temperaturebefore you start baking the cake.Especially the butter for the swiss meringue buttercream, you don't want it to be too cold or too warm.

Ghosts! First, dip the strawberries in melted white chocolate. Then use either chocolate sprinkles or melted chocolate to draw on the eyes and mouth. I'm adding my buttercream but the mixture is soupy! This is because the meringue didn't have enough time to cool down and it is melting the butter. The bowl should be cool to the touch before you add the butter. The butter might also be too warm, so the butter should be cool to the touch too before you add it! If you've added the butter and it's soupy, stop the mixer and place the mixing bowl in the fridge for 20 minutes, then try again.

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I also like to balance the sweets out with these Mummy Hot Dogs that are made in just 25 minutes using crescent rolls! Then we wash them down with a cup of this 3 ingredient Witch’s Brew Punch! Helpful Tips To Successfully Make Chocolate Covered Strawberries Chocolate– Good quality chocolate for melting is a must! For this Halloween strawberries recipe, I used Belgian dark chocolate. However, you could also use candy melts or even chocolate chips with some coconut oil and vanilla extract.

Read my article Instant Clearjel: a Magical Little-Known Bakery Ingredient to see why I think this ingredient is worth having in your pantry. Instant Clearjel must always be whisked thoroughly with other dry ingredients before being added to wet ingredients to avoid clumping. If you need to substitute, please use white chocolate or vanilla instant pudding mix in the cake batter as described within the recipe. These Halloween themed strawberries aren’t the only thing that will taste delicious this October! Spider Cakes and Frankenstein Rice Krispie Treats are sure to both be hits while also being super easy to make! This chocolate cake with strawberry filling is combining two classic flavors in an irresistible way! This moist chocolate cake gets a burst of fresh strawberry flavor thanks to a homemade strawberry preserve filling, and then a velvety chocolate Swiss meringue buttercream. Literally a dessert dream come true! This strawberry filled chocolate cake has a few more steps than my other more simple chocolate cake recipes , but I promise that it is worth it once you have this dreamy show stopping cake! I think this chocolate cake would be perfect for a birthday party, special occasion or holiday like Valentine's Day! This really is the perfect cake for strawberry and chocolate lovers!Strawberry jelly: This is the secret to giving the brains that realistic shine! Any fairly smooth jelly will work. Take the bowl out from the steamer, remove the plastic wrap, make some cuts into the dough to make it cools down faster.Put 30g butteron top of the dough, wait until the butter is melted and the dough is cooled down a bit ( warm but not too hot to be handled). For now… Chocolate. Being that the color red is oh so popular these days…. I chose to fill my chocolate skulls with a homemade raspberry sauce. Besides, it is the natural color to be seeping from a skull cavity after all. I chose do make a combination of dark and white chocolate. The dark chocolate seemed fitting for Valentine’s Day, but man do I like the look of that red raspberry oozing out of the white skull!

Step 7: Switch to the paddle attachment and add the butter a piece at a time, making sure each piece of butter is fully incorporated before you add the next piece.Skull Mold: the one I used was made by Wilton, and is no longer available. (sad face) This 3D Skull Mold by CybrTrayd is about the same size, and looks to be a good substitute! Everyone loves a good piece of cake. But have you ever had a strawberry-filled vanilla layer cake? It's absolutely delicious! In fact, it might be one of the best cakes you've ever had. I know for a fact this was one of my most popular bakery recipes at Amycakes Bakery! Jump to: