Projo Halloween 2005 Blog

They're coming to get you Barbara is the site of a pair of serious horror-movie fans, and they're just as obsessive about their party fare. The thorax cake above is a lot like a train wreck, made entirely from scratch. (The ribs are lovingly shaped white chocolate.)

My favorite line: "After baking all the different types of cakes, I carved them into the shapes of the appropriate organs, using my handy Gray's Anatomy as a reference."

The zombie cake below is slightly more doable for a normal person, one with lots of time. (I'd skip the candymaking and go for just the head.)

...The head was made of sour cream chocolate chip cake, dyed red to resemble brain matter, covered with modeling chocolate and various other frosting and hard candy details. The hand was made of mint-flavored hard candy bones covered with chocolate. Green hard candy letters around the perimeter reminded everyone that "They're coming to get you, Barbara." At the height of the party we gathered everyone around it to witness the thrilling moment when raspberry flavored blood spurted from his eyes and poured from his mouth. In fact, it sprayed a bit further than I expected it to. ..

I calculated that, between the cake, the French creams, and the bloody eyeball cordial cherries, I went through 15 pounds of granulated sugar, 2 bags of powdered sugar, 8 large bags of chocolate chips, 2 bottle of corn syrup, 8 pounds of dark chocolate, and 4 pounds of white chocolate. I have a slight tendency to go overboard with these things. We have a lot of eyeballs left over.

Its creation is lovingly detailed, with many photos, over five pages.