Saturday, October 31, 2009

Devil's Food Cake and Halloween



It was my son's first halloween trick or treating. Last year he was too young, but this year at 2.5 yrs old, he had a blast!!! OMG it brought back such memories for me... the excitement of waiting for it to get dark out so you can go door to door, the bustle of kids outside, all hyped up on sugar and adrenaline. I love seeing all the decorations, watching fireworks on the street then finally retiring back home to count and sort the candy and have some hot chocolate. I was so happy that I was able to share this experience with my son and watch it through a child's eyes all over again.



He dressed as a little mouse and charmed absolutely everybody by going around saying, "I'm dressed as a mouse! Squeak squeak!" He caught onto the concept of trick or treating really quickly and kept on saying, "next house" to go and get more candy. Surprisingly, his favorite candy are Rockets! Those are my least fave.

Above are the 3 pumpkins we carved. I'm not a very good pumpkin carver... hence why the spider has only 6 legs! I also didn't do a very good job of decorating, but this devil's food cake from the Food Network was sooo deep and delicious. I strongly recommend lining the pan bottoms with circles of parchment for easy removal.

Recipe: Devil's Food Cake

I hope everyone had as great a night as we did.

5 comments:

LizNoVeggieGirl said...

So adorable!! :)

Pamela said...

I think the pumpkins and the cake turned out great. But I love that picture of your little guy! He's absolutely adorable!! It keeps getting better. Enjoy!

Anonymous said...

Your son is adorable! The cake and the pumpkins look fantastic. Looks like a fun Halloween all around!

Melissa said...

Awwww, what a cutie. My favourite part about Halloween is seeing all the gorgeous little wee ones. :)

Catalina said...

I love your son's mouse costume - it's wonderful :) And the cake is beautiful, too!