What's Halloween without a few vampires, right? This cake is also appropriate for a mystery writer! This was a fun recipe to make and the idea comes from Delish. It would be something fun to do with children or grandchildren. To make things easier, I opted to use a cake mix and a container of whipped topping, however feel free to use your favorite cake recipe and real whipped cream.
Cherry Sauce
1 lb. fresh or frozen cherries, pitted
1/2 c. granulated sugar
1/2 c. water
2 tbsp. cornstarch
1/4 tsp. kosher salt
Cake
1 cake mix or cake recipe of your choice
Topping
Whipped cream or whipped topping
Cherry Sauce
Place cherries, sugar, water, cornstarch and salt in a small pan and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low and cook until cherries are broken down and mixture has thickened—approximately two minutes. Use an immersion blender to puree cherry mixture. Reserve ¼ cup.
Cake
Make cake according to package directions or your favorite recipe. Grease a 9x13 inch pan and line with parchment paper creating a sling. Bake according to directions. Let cake cool.
Use the handle of a wooden spoon, to make holes in cake at regular intervals. Using a small spoon or piping bag, fill each hole with some of the cherry mixture. You may need to top off the holes two or three times as the mixture settles.
Refrigerate cake overnight.
Remove cake from pan and cover with whipped cream. Use reserved cherry mixture to create streaks of “blood.” Vampire teeth optional!
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When murder taints writer-in-residence
Penelope Parish’s charming British bookshop, she must follow the clues
to catch a killer before tempers boil over.
Penelope Parish thought she’d turned the page on her amateur
sleuthing days but when the owner of Upper Chumley-on-Stokes’ proposed
first high-end gourmet shop is poisoned, the American novelist starts to
wonder if she and her quaint British town are in for another rewrite.
It turns out that not everyone was a fan of Simeon Foster’s farm-sourced
charcuterie and imported pastries—many of the locals were outraged by
the potential new competition.
With a full menu of suspects on
her hands, this just might be Penelope’s toughest case yet. Luckily,
her friends at the Open Book are there to help with every twist of the
poisoned pen.
AND...
Family fireworks lead to murder in the new Cranberry Cove Mystery from USA Today bestselling author Peg Cochran!
The Fourth of July always means endless celebrations in Cranberry Cove, and this year Monica and Greg have the added pleasure of spending it with Monica’s college roommate, Kelly Cargill. When they join Kelly and her family to watch the fireworks, it’s all very exciting—until the elderly matriarch of the family dies on the spot. Then evidence comes to light that she was poisoned, and Monica promises to do what she can to catch the culprit.
Just about everyone in Kelly’s family wanted to get their hands on what was sure to be a sizable inheritance. But Monica also discovers that one of them was trying to hide a messy love affair the older woman had discovered, and that the victim’s caretaker may have wanted revenge for enduring years of mistreatment. And just as more secrets surface and the clues begin to fall into place, Monica realizes that as she’s closing in on the killer, the killer is closing in on her . . .
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This is so fun, Peg! I love it. You could also display it with a sharp knife stuck into one of those streaks of red. ;^)
ReplyDeleteWhat a great idea! Thank you for the recipe.
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What a clever and fun idea. I shall surprise the grands with your treat! Thank you so much for sharing! Luis at ole dot travel
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ReplyDeleteWhat a clever idea. I like the idea of a bleeding cake!
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