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Halloween Treat Recipes

Source: Google.com.pk

Red velvet melting moments

These classic biscuits are reinvented by Edd Kimber - he merges them with the indulgent red velvet cake with its cream cheese frosting

Ingredients

For the biscuits

250g unsalted butter, at room temperature

½ tsp vanilla extract

1 tsp red paste food colouring (I used Sugarflair)

225g plain flour

35g cocoa powder

85g icing sugar

30g cornflour

For the cream cheese frosting

50g unsalted butter, at room temperature

125g icing sugar

1 tsp vanilla bean paste

50g full-fat cream cheese

¼ tsp lemon extract (I used Nielsen-Massey)

Method

Heat oven to 160C/140C fan/gas 3 and line 2 baking trays with baking parchment. Put the butter and vanilla into a large bowl, and beat until soft and creamy. Add the colouring and beat to combine. Sift the remaining biscuit ingredients into the bowl and mix together until it comes together to form a uniform dough.

Using your hands, roll the dough into small balls (I weigh these so each biscuit is the same size, 20g each), then place 10 onto each prepared baking tray, leaving a couple of inches between each biscuit. Using a fork dipped in flour, press onto each of the biscuits, leaving an indent and pressing the biscuits a little flatter.

Pop the trays into the fridge for about 15 mins or until the biscuits have firmed up slightly, then bake for 20-25 mins. Allow them to cool on the trays for 5 mins before moving to a wire rack to cool completely.

For the filling, put the butter, icing sugar and vanilla in a large bowl and beat together until light and fluffy. Add the cream cheese and the lemon extract, and beat until just combined – the lemon extract helps to give the filling a little extra boost of flavour, to help it stand up against the biscuits.

Once the biscuits have cooled, put the filling in a piping bag fitted with a plain round tip and pipe filling on half the biscuits, sandwiching together with a second biscuit.

Frozen banana yogurt

This no-churn frozen dessert is a great alternative to ice cream. Serve topped with crunchy banana chips

4 overripe bananas - the blacker the better - about 375 after peeling

500g pot full-fat Greek yogurt

175g condensed milk

big handful banana chips

Method

Whizz the flesh from the bananas, yogurt and condensed milk together in a food processor or blender until smooth. Scrape into an ice cream container or loaf tin, or divide between individual pots.

Crush up the banana chips, if using, by tipping them into a food bag and bashing with the end of a rolling pin – like you would biscuits for a cheesecake base. Swirl through the frozen yogurt mix, then cover the container or containers well with cling film and freeze overnight until solid. Will keep for 3 months in the freezer.

For the fingers, line a baking tray with parchment. Cut one end from each chocolate finger. Mix 50g icing sugar, the milk and a small blob of colouring to make a thick, red icing. The icing needs to be thick to stay put; add a little more sugar if you need to. Dip the severed biscuit ends into the icing, let the excess drip off, then paint a red fingernail on the other end, using a small paintbrush. Leave to dry on the parchment.


For the frosting, use an electric mixer to beat the butter well until very smooth, then beat in the cream cheese and the zest (if using) until even. Sift in the remaining icing sugar, then fold it into the cheese mixture using a spatula until smooth. Don’t overbeat. Chill until needed.

Sandwich and cover the top and sides
 of the cake with the frosting – you will only need a thin layer on the sides of the cake to stick on the chocolate fingers. Stand the severed fingers around the cake in a neat collar, pressing them lightly into the frosting. You’ll have a few left over to put on the top. Keep the cake in the fridge but enjoy it at room temperature.

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