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Broken Glass Cupcakes

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These broken glass cupcakes are a great Halloween treat

Ingredients

  • 1 box of Duncan Hines Red Velvet cake mix (plus ingredients needed for the mix)
  • 1 can of fluffy white Duncan Hines icing
  • 1 cup + 1 tbsp water divided (1 cup and 1 tbsp)
  • 1 cup light corn syrup divided (1/2 cup and 1/2 cup)
  • 1 3/4 cups white sugar
  • 1/8 tsp cream of tartar
  • 1 tbsp corn starch
  • 15 drops red food dye

Directions

  1. Make cupcakes as directed
  2. In lrge pan mix 1 cp water, 1/2 cp light corn syrup, 1 3/4 cps white sugar, 1/8 tsp cream of tartar & bring to boil
  3. boil until 300F on candy thermometer stirring constantly
  4. pour immediately onto a lrge metal tray
  5. allow to cool then give pan a slight twist to crack the sugar glass into shards
  6. in a small bowl mix together 1/2 cup light corn syrup, 1 tbsp cornstarch, 15 drops red dye,1 tbsp water
  7. ice cupcakes, stab with glass shards, drip fake blood over top