{"id":226,"date":"2019-11-12T15:57:04","date_gmt":"2019-11-12T15:57:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/?p=226"},"modified":"2019-11-12T15:57:04","modified_gmt":"2019-11-12T15:57:04","slug":"glass-stabbed-cupcakes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/2019\/11\/12\/glass-stabbed-cupcakes\/","title":{"rendered":"Glass Stabbed Cupcakes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Another idea I had when making cakes for Halloween was to try making some “stabbed” cupcakes. I’d seen the idea on Instagram and thought it would be a good one to try. I had obviously made cupcakes before, but never tried anything with sugar work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I had to begin by making the sugar mixture for my “Glass” – 2 cups of granulated sugar, some water, and a tube of liquid glucose. I had to heat this to 300 degrees F, whilst constantly stirring. It took nearly an hour!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Once the mixture was heated to the necessary temperature, I poured it out onto baking parchment and allowed it to cool down and set for a few hours<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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After setting, I hit it with a knife to get it to break up into the “shards”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I already had some cupcakes baked, and some leftover buttercreams. I used chocolate buttercream first, then added a vanilla swirl to the top mwhich i “stabbed” with the sugar shards<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Finally, I added some red coloured icing drizzles to make the “blood”:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Another idea I had when making cakes for Halloween was to try making some “stabbed” cupcakes. I’d seen the idea on Instagram and thought it would be a good one to try. I had obviously made cupcakes before, but never tried anything with sugar work. I had to begin by making the sugar mixture for … <\/p>\n

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