Halloween sweet treats. These are better than super market cakes, but easier than start-from-scratch cakes. They start with a box of vanilla cake mix.

Halloween Cup Cakes

One box of cake mix should make about 12 cup cakes. Decorate baked cup cakes with orange tinted frosting. You can buy or make your own tinting frosting by adding one drop of red food coloring and one drop of yellow coloring to store bought white cake frosting. Mix well. Add more coloring to make frosting a deep orange. Use jelly beans for the eyes, nose and mouth.

Halloween Sheet Cake

Bake cake in a large 9" by 12" pan. Cover with chocolate frosting. You will be able to get 24 child sized portions from this cake if you first make four even lines on the 12" length of the cake, then six lines on the 9" length. You should have marked 24 small cakes approximately 2 1/4" in size. Press a large marshmallow in the center of each portion and slice.

Strawberry Syrup and Ice Cream Sheet Cake

Prepare sheet cake as shown above. Buy a gallon of vanilla ice cream and a squeeze bottle of strawberry syrup. Cut the cake as above or make larger slices. Serve each child one slice of plain cake with a scoop of ice cream. Drizzle strawberry syrup on top. Place a Halloween favor near the serving.

Hone your skills for work and family and you hone them for living life to the fullest