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Best Bites: Happy Halloween Cake

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Impress your guests with this colorful Halloween cake! Check out the recipe on Best Bites!

Ingredients:

  • 1 box (15.25 oz.) white cake mix and all of the ingredients listed on box to make cake
  • Orange, purple, black and green food coloring
  • 1 container (12 oz.) white frosting
  • Halloween sprinkles 

Instructions:

  1. Preheat oven to 325°F. Generously grease a 12-cup bundt pan and set aside.
  2. Make the cake batter as directed on box using water, oil and eggs. Pour one cup of cake batter into a small bowl; stir in orange food coloring until well mixed. Pour another cup of cake batter into a separate small bowl; stir in purple food coloring until well mixed. Repeat with one cup of cake batter and the black food coloring. Tint the remaining cake batter green.
  3. Pour the orange cake batter into the bottom of the pan. Carefully pour the purple batter over the orange batter. Carefully pour the black batter over the purple. Carefully pour the green batter over the black batter. These layers do not necessarily need to “cover” each other. When you add the batter to the pan, do not mix with a spoon. Just pour it in so the colors don’t mix, but rather, just rest on top of each other in the pan.
  4. Bake as directed on box for a bundt pan or until a toothpick inserted near comes out clean. Cool cake in the pan for 5 minutes. Meanwhile, place a cooling rack over a cookie sheet. Turn the cake pan upside down onto the cooling rack. Cool the cake completely, about 30 minutes.
  5. When the cake is cooled, divide the frosting evenly into 4 microwaveable bowls. Add one color of food coloring to each of the bowls; mix well. Microwave one bowl of frosting uncovered on HIGH a few seconds until smooth enough to drizzle over the cake. With a spoon, drizzle all of the first bowl of the microwaved frosting all over the cake, back and forth around the cake in a striping pattern. Repeat with remaining bowls of frosting. Make sure you can see the layers of frosting colors as you make the cake. Top the cake with sprinkles, if desired.
  6. Let cake stand at room temperature until the frosting is set before serving. Store loosely covered at room temperature.

Try out these festive drinks: 

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Light My Fire
Created by Rael Petit and available at the Williamsburg Hotel (NYC)

Ingredients:

Preparation:

  1. Shaken & served in a highball topped with champagne.
  2. Garnished with dehydrated lime and rosemary and .25 oz of burned chartreuse

The Blood in Hand
by Tullamore D.E.W. Ambassador Tim Herlihy

Ingredients:

  • 1 part Tullamore D.E.W. Irish Whiskey
  • 1 part Cherry Liqueur (preferably Cherry Heering)
  • 1 part Sweet Vermouth             
  • 1 part Orange juice, freshly squeezed                   

Preparation:

  1. Add all the ingredients to a shaker and fill with ice.  
  2. Shake, and strain into a rocks glass

El Amor de Julio
Created by NYC Mixologist Michael Timmons

Ingredients:

  • 1 oz Tequila Don Julio Reposado
  • 1/3 oz Chile Liqueur
  • 1/4 oz Italian Apéritif
  • 1/4 oz Pomegranate Liqueur
  • 2 Dashes Mole Bitters
  • 2 Dashes Angostura Bitters
  • Grapefruit Twist for Garnish

Preparation:

  1. Combine Tequila Don Julio Reposado, Chile Liqueur, Italian Apéritif and Pomegranate Liqueur into a mixing glass with ice and stir.
  2. Strain contents into a rocks glass over one large ice cube.
  3. Add 2 dashes each of Mole Bitters and Angostura Bitters.
  4. Garnish with a grapefruit twist.
  5. Ideal Serving Glass: Rocks Glass

Día de Muertos (Day of the Dead) Ofrenda
by Jaime Salas, National Milagro Ambassador

Ingredients:

  • 2 Parts Milagro Reposado
  • 1 Part Fresh Mandarin Juice
  • 1/2 Part Fresh Lemon Juice
  • 1/4 Part Green Cardamom (Orange Blossom) Honey Syrup
  • 1/2 Part Egg White

Preparation:

  1. Put all ingredients into a Boston shaker, add ice and shake until cold.
  2. Double strain into a chilled cocktail glass/coupe. Garnish with Edible Marigold.

Apple Cider Mule

Ingredients:

Preparation:

  1. Combine all ingredients and enjoy in a copper mule mug.

Frankenlime Fizz

Ingredients:

  • 2 oz. limebubly
  • 1.5 oz vodka
  • 2 oz ginger beer

Preparation:

  1. Build in glass over ice.
  2. 2 dashes of green food dye for color.
  3. Garnish with a lime wedge

Vampire Kiss
by Glenfiddich Ambassador Allan Roth

Ingredients:

  • 2 parts Glenfiddich Project XX
  • ½ part sweet vermouth
  • ¼ part olosoro sherry
  • ¼ part tawny port
  • 2 dashes whisky barrel aged bitters
  • Orange peel, to garnish

Preparation:

  1. Combine all ingredients except the orange peel in a mixing glass.
  2. Stir and strain into a coupe.  
  3. Express the orange peel over the cocktail and discard.

Virtuous Sin

Ingredients:

Preparation:

  1. Fill a highball glass 1/4 full with ice cubes
  2. Pour cinnamon whiskey and top with cider
  3. Garnish with apple slices

Tequila Pie

  • 2oz 1800 Reposado
  • .75oz Pumpkin Puree
  • .50oz Condensed Milk
  • Dash or Bitters
  • Pinch of Cinnamon

Preparation:

  1. In a mixing tin, combine all ingredients
  2. Ice, shake hard for 15 seconds
  3. Double strain into Martini Glass
  4. Garnish: Mint Sprig

From the Crypt

Ingredients:

  • 1 part SVEDKA Vodka
  • ½ part melon liqueur
  • ½ part pineapple juice

Preparation:

  1. Combine ingredients in cocktail shaker filled with ice.
  2. Shake well and strain into a shot glass.

Orange Cinnamon Blossom 

Ingredients:

Preparation:

  1. Rinse lemon and orange and thinly slice them, discarding seeds; quarter the orange slices.
  2. Put fruit in a 4- to 5-quart pan. Add honey, sugar (use the smaller amount if you prefer drinks on the tart side, the larger if you want a sweeter flavor), cloves and allspice.  
  3. With a knife, cut the cinnamon sticks lengthwise into thinner strips. Add cinnamon and 2 cups water to pan; bring to a boil over high heat, then reduce heat and boil gently for 5 minutes.
  4. Pour Prosecco into hot citrus base and heat until steaming, about 8 minutes. Keep warm over low heat.
  5. Ladle into heatproof cups or wineglasses.

BACARDÍ Zombie

Ingredients:

Preparation:

  1. Pour all ingredients into a shaker full of ice and shake vigorously.
  2. Strain and pour into a highball glass filled with ice.
  3. Garnish with fresh fruit.

Bulleit Be-Dazzle

Ingredients:

  • 2 parts Bulleit Bourbon
  • 1 part Grapefruit Juice
  • Half part Italian bitter aperitif
  • Top with the 2 parts Fanta Strawberry

Preparation:

  1. Shake the all ingredients and top with strawberry soda. Lemon wedge garnish.

After Hours

Ingredients:

  • The Botanist Gin – 1.5 oz.
  • Fresh Lemon Juice – .75 oz.
  • Chai Syrup – .5 oz.
  • Chocolate Bitters – 4 dashes

Preparation:

To make Chai Syrup:

  • Add 1 cup of water and 1 cup of sugar to a sauce pan and bring to a boil; Turn off the heat, add 3 chai tea bags and let steep for 10 minutes; Remove tea bags and let cool

 To make cocktail:

  1. Add all ingredients to a cocktail shaker
  2. Add ice and shake
  3. Fine strain into a coupe glass

Spooky Screwdriver
(Makes 2)

Ingredients:

Preparation:

  1. Fill a glass with ice
  2. In a cocktail shaker, shake together the Smirnoff Ice and Smirnoff No. 21 vodka
  3. Pour in the cocktail
  4. Top with a splash of grenadine
  5. Garnish with rock candy

Sparkling Pumpkin Spice Cocktail

Ingredients: 

Preparation:

  1. Pour whiskey, lemon juice, and pumpkin puree into a cocktail shaker with the ice and shake.
  2. Strain into a rocks glass and float with Sparkling Ice Crisp Apple.
  3. Top with whipped cream and a sprinkle of pumpkin pie spice.
The Pennywise
Created by Keith Larry, Employees Only NY

Ingredients:

  • 1.5 oz Jägermeister
  • .75 oz Fresh Lime Juice
  • .75 oz Coconut Cream
  • .5 oz Orgeat
  • 3 Dashes of Peychaud’s Bitters

Preparation:

  1. Combine and served in a tall glass over crushed ice

Sexy Navel

Ingredients:

  • 1 ½ oz. Crystal Head Vodka
  • 1 ½ oz.fresh orange juice or tangerine juice
  • ½ oz. Galliano
  • splash of soda
  • orange cubes
  • cinnamon

Preparation:

  1. In a highball glass filled with ice, combine Crystal Head Vodka, orange juice and Galliano
  2. Stir well then add a splash of soda.

Garnish:

  • Skewer thick cubes of orange then sprinkle with ground cinnamon.

El Vampiro Margarita
by SweetLifeBake

Ingredients:

  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon ground chipotle powder
  • 3 strawberries, hulled and sliced
  • 2 teaspoons fresh lime juice
  • ½ teaspoon ground chipotle powder
  • 2 ounces tequila
  • 1 (8.45 ounces) Perrier Strawberry
  • Lime slices

Preparation:

  1. Combine salt and chipotle powder on a small plate. Run a lime wedge around rim of the glass, dip into chipotle salt mixture to rim glass and fill glass with ice. Set aside.
  2. To a cocktail shaker, add sliced strawberries, fresh lime juice and chipotle powder. Muddle to break down strawberries, fill with ice and add tequila.
  3. Shake until well chilled then strain over rim glass filled with ice and enjoy! For a delicious mocktail, just leave out the tequila.  

Witching Hour
Created by Hendrick’s Gin Ambassador Mattias Horseman

Ingredients:

  • 3 Parts Hendrick’s Gin
  • .5 Part Chambord
  • 1 Part Fresh Lemon Juice
  • 1 Part Lavender Syrup
  • Dry Sparkling Wine (to top off)

Preparation:

  1. Shake all ingredients except the sparkling wine, double strain into flute.
  2. Garnish with a blackberry.

Banfi’s Blood Orange Blackberry Sangria

Ingredients:

  • 1 750ml bottle of Riunite Lambrusco
  • 1 cup fresh blackberries, 1 lemon, 1 blood orange sliced
  • ½ cup blood orange juice
  • ¼ cup Brandy (optional)
  • ¼ cup Triple Sec
  • 1 can of blackberry soda

Preparation:

  1. Combine the sliced fruit, brandy and triple sec in a pitcher.
  2. Add Riunite Lambrusco, blood orange juice and blackberry soda.

Wizard Powers
by Austin Hartman

Ingredients:

  • 2oz Owney’s Rum
  • .5oz salted pecan rye whiskey syrup
  • 2 dashes orange bitters
  • 1 dash angostura 

Preparation:

  1. Stirred and poured into a rocks glass
  2. Garnish: Lemon and orange twist

A Dark & Stormy Death

Ingredients:

Preparation:

  1. Place two skull ice cubes in a highball glass.  
  2. Fill shaker with 2 oz rum and ½ oz brandied cherry juice and shake to chill.  
  3. Pour over ice and top with Brooklyn Crafted ginger beer. Garnish with lychee and blueberry “eyeballs.”

Skull Candy Sangria

Ingredients:

  • 3 oz. Stella Rosa Black
  • 1 oz. grapefruit juice
  • 1/2 oz. lime juice
  • 1 tsp. purple sugar (for rim)
  • Orange slice, for garnish

Preparation:

  1. Rim glass with purple sugar, stir sugar, lime juice and grapefruit juice in a pitcher.
  2. Pour over ice into glass, top with Stella Rosso and add orange slice for garnish

Black Velvet

Ingredients:

Preparation:

  1. Combine both ingredients in a flute and enjoy

Pumpkin Spice Pie Martini

Ingredients:

  • 2 oz. Deep Eddy Original Vodka
  • 1 oz. Dark rum 
  • 1 oz. Half n half
  • 2 tbsp. Canned pumpkin puree
  • 1 oz. Maple syrup
  • ¼ tsp Pumpkin pie spice
  • ¼ tsp Vanilla extract
  • Graham crackers
  • Cinnamon
  • Sugar

Preparation:

  1. Smash up the graham crackers, cinnamon and sugar together.
  2. Wet the rim of the glass with maple syrup and dip it into your cinnamon, sugar, cracker mixture.
  3. Combine remaining ingredients into your cocktail shaker and shake for 30-45 seconds.
  4. Pour and strain into your rimmed martini glass.
  5. Garnish with a little bit of grated nutmeg and cinnamon stick.

Paint it Red Paloma
Inspired by first Mexican female artist to exhibit in the U.S. – Maria Izquierdo

Ingredients:

Preparation:

  1. Cut lime wheels. Run one lime wheel around the rim of glass then dip the glass into salt. In glass, add ice, Jose Cuervo Tradicional® Silver tequila, blood orange juice, and superfine sugar
  2. Stir ingredients
  3. Pour in soda and garnish with blood orange

The After Life 

Ingredients:

  • .5 oz. Avion Silver
  • .5 oz Creme de Violette 
  • .5 oz Fresh Squeezed Lime Juice 
  • 3 parts Ginger Beer 

Preparation:

  1. Rim a highball glass with Calavera Salt.
  2. Combine all ingredients except Ginger beer in Shaker, shake with ice.
  3. Strain into rimmed glass, add ginger beer and fresh ice. Garnish with a lime wheel 

Devil Whiskers

Ingredients:

  • ¾ part SVEDKA Clementine
  • ¾ part sweet vermouth
  • ¾ part orange juice
  • ½ part orange Curaçao
  • Dash orange bitters

Fake blood:

  • ½ cup white corn syrup
  • 1 tablespoon cornstarch
  • ¼ cup water
  • 15 drops red food coloring
  • 1-5 drops blue food coloring

Preparation:

  1. Combine ingredients in a cocktail shaker filled with ice, shake, and strain in to a Martini glass.
  2. Garnish with an orange peel.

Fake blood:

  1. In a bowl, mix the corn syrup and the corn starch together.
  2. Add water until the mixture is the consistency of blood.
  3. Mix in food coloring until you achieve the desired color. 

Pumpkin Spice Martini

Ingredients:

Preparation:

  1. Combine ingredients and enjoy in a martini glass. Garnish with pumpkin spice.

Liquid Smoke

Ingredients:

Preparation:

  1. Stir with rocks, strain and garnish with a cherry.

Photo by Mandarin Hide

Crystal Head Smokin’ Head Caesar

Ingredients:

  • 2oz. Crystal Head Vodka
  • 5 oz. Clamato( Caesar) or tomato juice (Bloody Mary)
  • dash of Worcestershire sauce
  • dash of hot sauce
  • tiny dash of liquid smoke
  • garnish of your choice
  • Ingredients for rim garnish:
  • ¼ tsp. salt
  • ¼ tsp pepper
  • ½ tsp smoked paprika

Preparation:

  1. Rub the rim of the glass with a lemon wedge and dip into salt, pepper, and smoked paprika mix.
  2. In a shaker half filled with ice, add in all ingredients and shake well. Strain into the pre-rimmed glass filled with ice.

Optional Garnish Ideas:

  • Celery and lime wheel
  • Bacon wrapped mini meatball with two hot peppers
  • Scallop and hot pepper skewer
  • Spicy halved long bean skewer

Punkin’ Gin Fashioned

Ingredients:

  • The Botanist Gin – 1.5 oz.
  • Dry Vermouth - .25 oz.
  • Maple Syrup - .25 oz.
  • Orange Bitters – 2 dashes
  • Cinnamon Stick – 1 stick 

Preparation:

  1. In a mixing glass, add all ingredients with large ice cubes
  2. Stir then strain into rocks glass over large ice cubes
  3. Garnish with a cinnamon stick

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