Brooke Elliott, where are you? I’ll explain this later.
I enjoy watching this
show, particularly the pumpkin carvers. Dang, they work hard! The cake and
candy is super important to bring their creations together but—no pumpkin, no
contest, right? This year’s got Ray Brown, team Malicious Intent; Danny
Kissel, team Spooktacular; Jon Neill (who lost in episode 3 last year), team Corpse
Crushers; Jonathan Barwood, team Dead Reckoning; and Bob Lombardi (who’s been
here before) team Sweet Nightmares.
The first episode was The Haunted Farm where the Corpse Crushers
came out strong and won. Malicious Intent was frightened off!
Episode 2 was Don’t Go Into The Forest. Team Dead
Reckoning came out alive with a big win but team Spooktacular vanished!
Next up was Mummies vs. Werewolves and I couldn’t wait
to see what happened on this episode which was howling good (couldn’t resist!)
The Corpse Crushers crushed (and they just keep coming, lol) the competition
with their mummy killing a werewolf. The piece was fantastic!! Sweet Nightmares
also slipped into the finals. I must say I’m a Jon Neill fan and to see him make
it to the finals this year is super.
The finale will be Haunted Carnival. Fun FUN! Don’t ruin it
for me because I have to do catch up since I work the whole weekend!
The creations are
fabulously creepy and scary, the cake and sugar work just awesome. And then
there are those little treats each team ties into their display for the judges
to sample.
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Justin Willman, Hosts this
show (as well as Cupcake Wars) and his team of judges and guest judges this
year: Brian Kinney, Horror Movie makeup and Shinmin Li, pastry/handcrafted
cakes.
Guest judges: Naomi
Grossman, Pepper from American Horror Story/Asylum; Episode 2 has Adi Shankar,
Horror Movie producer; Episode 3 Francia Raisa from The Secret Life of the
American Teenager; finally Episode 4 will have Lew Temple of The Walking Dead
Now to find someone to recreate
this yummy little treat for me—OH BROOKE! Check out this chewy
salted caramel and hazelnut ganache bon bon thingy. Brooke
Elliott is cupcake baker extraordinaire. I’d put her up against anyone in the
northeast, no, the whole damn east coast! Wait, maybe I should widen
that territory. Alas, I keep threatening to submit her for the Cupcake Wars
(are you hearing me Justin Willman?) but she has this thing about caring for
people (smile) because she’s a damn fine nurse. I’d put her up against…oh well,
that’s another story. Anyway, her strawberry with the fresh berries, mmm,
and then there’s her lemon and blueberry filled cupcakes (again with the fresh
fruit) which are to die for delicious—YUM. Then there was the savory
cupcake laced with red pepper made just for me. To date, she brushes me off.
One day…one day…
J Hali Steele
Growl and roar-it’s okay to let the beast
out.
