Back to Blog
Foil covered chocolate eyeballs7/13/2023 ![]() Dust your surface with a little more icing sugar if needed and then roll out your white icing to around 1/4cm thick.Glue the pupil to the centre of the iris with your edible glue and set it aside to dry.Please see the recipe video for a demonstration. I used the different ends of a piping nozzle to cut out the pupils and irises and it worked perfectly. Repeat this process for the pupils using the black icing and cutting out smaller circles.Dust a smooth surface with a little icing sugar and roll out your blue icing to around 1/8-1/4cm thick. Whilst your balls are in the freezer, make your irises.Now I’ve run out of synonyms for the word ‘gruesome’ so lets get into the recipe. and I don’t think I did too bad? Ready to roll icing is also widely available in supermarkets and my local is labelled as vegan. If you’ve never indulged in ‘cake decorating’ before I can tell you it’s much simpler that you might think - this was actually my first ever attempt at icing anything…. ![]() The painting element of this is very fun indeed and doesn’t require a particularly artistic skillset (I can vouch for that). Deliciously terrifying.Īdd a slick of ready to roll white icing around the outside, a miniature iris and pupil and the occasional red painted blood vessel and you’ve got yourself a frightful looking party snack. I couldn’t create such a horrifying-looking treat without a little surprise, so as you bite into them they’ve got a pop of raspberry jam in the middle. They’re no bake (winner) and a deliciously gooey combination of caramelly dates, rich cacao and moreish almond butter. In cake-debrief conversations with Ma (aka the real brains behind this blog) a plan was hatched for a cake with a firm enough structure to support a large spherical shape so watch this space for a large, extra grisly version of these snack-sized eyeballs hopefully coming up soon. The original plan had been for one big eyeball that oozed a suspicious looking (yet tasty) liquid from it’s centre and had sticky, jam covered nerves attached the back of it but after a number of cake attempts and dwindling time I opted for a miniature version instead. I hadn’t been asked to bring along spine-tingling treats but inspiration often comes out of nowhere. These little gems came about after an invite to a friend’s Halloween party in those blissful pre-COVID days. Who knew making and decorating gruesome eyeball-shaped snacks could be so therapeutic? ![]() If you can’t find the blood-stained ones I used, check out the Tips section below for some advice on making your own.Well these were a rather glorious creation. ![]()
0 Comments
Read More
Leave a Reply. |