I LOVE Halloween! I love getting dressed up- esp if it involves wearing sequins (odd I know) and there are so many fun things to bake. This year one of my co-workers asked for my help with her 6 year old's birthday party. Of course I was thrilled to help out.

The spider cake is so easy to make! All it takes is a regular cake mix, round glass bowl and 1 hr in the oven @ 350 degrees. It has an unwrapped cupcake for his head and I totally cheated and bought the wilton frosting that was tinted black and green. I experimented with some pumpkin gumdrop and licorace for his legs and used licorace allsorts (bought in the bulk candy @ Macey's) for his eyes. We also make individual spider cupcakes with the same allsorts for their eyes but they were completely covered in chocoalte sprinkles to make them look a little scarier. The spider cake wasn't orignally smiling until Lexi told me the spider was mad at her and needed to smile- hence the improvised candy corns. :)

We also made haunted gingerbread houses- with the help of empty milk cartons and chocolate graham crackers.