Halloween Recipe: Red Hot Cauldron Cakes

Red Hot Cauldron Cakes

makes 12 candy-crusted brownie-like 'Cauldron Cakes'

Ingredients:

3/4 C melted Butter

1 1/2 C Sugar

1 T Cinnamon

1/2 C Cocoa Powder

1/2 tsp Salt

1 T Vanilla

2 Eggs

3/4 C unbleached All-Purpose Flour

120 "Red Hots" Cinnamon Candies

Directions

1. Pre-heat oven to 350° and prepare 12 silicon muffin cups with non-stick cooking spray (do not attempt to use an un-lined muffin pan, please!).

2. Sift together dry ingredients into a medium sized bowl and then pour melted Butter over these ingredients, mixing until smooth. Add Vanilla and Eggs and stir till mixture looks creamy. Finally, mix in the Flour.

3. Arrange 10 "Red Hots" in the bottom of each muffin cup and then scoop 'just shy of' 1/4 C of the batter over the "Red Hots" in each cup. The "Red Hots" will form a 'flaming' candy crust under each single serving 'cauldron cake.'

4. Bake at 350° for 30-35 minutes. Do not open the oven before 30 minutes or your dessert will fall. Let cool until firm enough to remove from muffin cups.

Suggestions

· Fun variation: Forgo the "Red Hots" candy. Place 2 Pecan halves on top of batter in each muffin cup, then place 2 assorted Hershey's Kisses (Caramel, Truffle, etc.) on top of the Pecans. Press the Pecans/Kisses into the batter (tops will stick out) and bake. Or, try White Chips on the bottom, alone or mixed with the "Red Hots." Or, try Cinnamon Baking Chips.