This blog is a bit late from my original plan, but here we are!
So another year of Halloween has come and gone and we all get ready for Christmas, here is a look back at what i got up to this Halloween including baked treats and my Halloween themed Afternoon Tea.
THE PURCHASES
Every year Tkmaxx is responsible for me purchasing several items often largish props.
Every year is different from the last and always something that catches your eye, and you frantically search for. Some online from Tkmaxx website and others from Homesense and instore.
This one actually was a post Halloween find the bowls were £5 each and the Skeleton hat, tie and braces was also £5 in the sale
Home bargains Wax melter with candle ceramic
Light up Pumpkin Cat, i had seen this last year and missed out on it, Skeleton cake dome and the start of the Wobbler collection.
Another post Halloween find Primark £5 instead of £12 awesome Skeleton print hoodie
After seeing this Mug i knew i wanted to get it hahaha tkmaxx and some more Halloween skeleton jars storage.
Got these Pumpkin Mugs just in time for my Halloween themed afternoon Tea, and the witches Hat is actually an awesome dip tray, the hat comes off for a dip centre.£12
This year was deffo the year for the Nordicware finds in Tkmaxx having cleared them out of almost all the Autumn designs. Got this Skull cavity pan, as well as the Tombstone one.£19.99
More post Halloween finds
The Melamine plates were £1 a pack for the small were £5.99 each and the large was £3 and was £12.99. Each pack has 4 designs which i split up into single designs.
The spider stands were from Hobbycraft 50p each as well as the Pumpkin silicone moulds.
I always without fail find something in Poundland, Spooky socks headbands and the Skull spoons were from tkmaxx
I was lucky enough to get hold of the Cat on Pumpkin which lights up. I ordered it online so lucky it arrived undamaged unlike some of my other props. The small Pumpkins i looked for more of but couldnt find.
Spooky Backdrop from Poundland, Count spatula from home bargains who laughs
Awesome Braces from Tiger stores and the blood drink bags also from Tiger
The collection of Spooky Socks from Boohoo and a flash sale £9.60 for 11 pairs
For some reason i decided i needed many spooky spatulas, after seeing them on the Halloween group, one night in Tkmaxx i got all these in one go
The Spooky Wobblers from Poundland purely for my promo shots on Instagram and Facebook, started with one then they rapidly expanded.
Light up Tombstone, this was damaged on the way thus the Green paint job had several chips at the base. From Tkmaxx they never seem to be able to deliver these type decorations undamaged. £20 did get some money back from complaining.
Now this is the one that arrived smashed so much it seemed a write off was £50 but after Halloween went down to £25 from Tkmaxx. It seemed promising all wrapped in styrofoam but then i saw the Neck broken and the ribs cracked beyond repair.
I contacted tkmaxx who eventually gave me a full refund and i began the impossible task of repairing it. It was in so many pieces the Ribs and Back i had to Gorilla Glue it and was a very stressful afternoon attempting to fix it and waiting. I did the best i could with the Back and Ribcage but some pieces i could not find where they went.
Some Spooky attire for this year
Includes my Sale Boohoo Jumpers from last year and the 2 tshirts i got from Lidl which glow in the dark
THE SPOOKY BAKING
Found this Witch Cutter in Tiger stores for £1 and brought them into work and the slogan had to be done !
Chocolate Biscuit with an Orange Stained glass Pumpkin centre.
Pumpkin Spice Tea loaf cake with a Kawaii Pumpkin friend.
Coffin Brownies with White Chocolate Skeletons.
Halloween at work!
We had a Halloween Baking competition so i made a Harry Potter spell book and sorting Hat, everyone loved it and the Book cake was eaten afterwards. We also had a fancy dress day at work where me and my co workers dressed up, naturally i was Dracula
A SPOOKY TEA!
As part of my Afternoon Tea project i decided to do a Halloween themed Tea, full of Spooky treats, props and Music.
I did it on my week off from work and as usual filmed it live via Facebook Live.
With an extra spooky guest Barry the Skeleton set in a Graveyard with some of my spooky props Cake stands and Tableware.
I devised a menu of Spooky Treats from Cutters and Moulds i had and bakes i have previously made. Their was plenty left so a lot made its way into work, i sneaked into work to drop them off, when i returned after my week off was all gone.
- Broken Glass bleeding Cupcakes – Orange with a Bleeding Cherry centre
- Biscuit Bones
- Chocolate and Orange Bat-tenburg
- Death By chocolate cakes with Mirror Glaze
- Pumpkin Spice Brownies with Baileys Skull shot tops
- Spooky Skull Scones with Clotted Cream, Jam and Blood Orange Marmalade
- Spooky MERINGUES
- Dead mans fingers Cheese Scones with Relish dip
- Sandwiches : Salmon with Cream Cheese, Ham and Pickle, Corn Beef with Tomato relish.
- Blancmange Brains – Raspberry flavour set into Brain moulds.
WHAT WOULD I CHANGE?
I think i would downsize the Cupcakes again to mini ones, as many treats does fill you up. I would downsize the Brownies to my smaller pan. I would have got a bigger backdrop for the background. A fog machine really would have set the scene. The Bat-tenburg needs to be smaller as well. As usual with so mnay treats i need a bigger stand still lol !
What went well ?
The spooky Scones made with my Skull cutter went well, and i was able to cut them in half easily to fill them. The Blancmange Brains were great, The deadman fingers tasted amzing with the relish. The spooky Meringues with Eyes were incredibly cute.
Overall was quite happy with how it went.
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