Popcorn Brains With Maggots: Halloween Recipe

This recipe is made using Lyle’s Golden Syrup.

Popcorn Brains With Maggots: Halloween Recipe. Hello friends, so how are you today? Fancy trying out these; Popcorn Brains With Maggots?

Try gorgeously gruesome sticky ginger cakes with popcorn topping- squirming with icing maggots! How freakishly nice?

Table Of Contents:

  • Firstly, Popcorn Brains With Maggots Ingredients.
  • Secondly, Popcorn Brains With Maggots Method.
  • Thirdly, Other Recipe Ideas.
Popcorn Brains With Maggots:

How To Make Popcorn Brains With Maggots:

Makes 12

Preparation time: 20 minutes
Cooking time: 25 minutes

Ingredients:

  • 100g butter
  • 110g light muscovado sugar
  • 60g Lyle’s Black Treacle
  • 60g Lyle’s Golden Syrup
  • 175g plain flour
  • Pinch of salt
  • 2 tsp ground ginger
  • 1 large egg, beaten
  • 150ml milk
  • 1 level tsp bicarbonate of soda

Topping:

  • 150g cream cheese
  • 2 tsp icing sugar
  • 2-3 drops green food colouring
  • 100g sweet popcorn
  • 30g white fondant icing
  • 2-3 drops yellow food colouring
  • Lyle’s Strawberry Squeezy Syrup, for drizzling

How To Make Popcorn Brains With Maggots:

Method:

  1. Firstly, preheat the oven to 190°C/Fan 170°C/Gas Mark 5. Put 12 cup cake cases into a muffin tin.
  2. Put the butter, sugar, black treacle and golden syrup into a saucepan and heat gently until melted. Don’t allow the mixture to get too hot. Cool slightly.
  3. Sift the flour, salt and ginger into a mixing bowl. Add the melted mixture and beaten egg, stirring them in thoroughly.
  4. Heat the milk until lukewarm, then add the bicarbonate of soda. Stir them into in the mixing bowl. Transfer to a jug and pour into the cake cases. Bake for 22-25 minutes until risen and firm. Cool on a wire rack.
  5. For the topping, mix the cream cheese and icing sugar with 2-3 drops of green food colouring. Spread onto the cakes and top with popcorn arranged to resemble brains.
  6. Colour the fondant icing with 2-3 drops of yellow food colouring, then roll tiny pieces into shapes to look like maggots. Arrange on the cakes and serve, drizzled with Lyle’s Strawberry Squeezy Syrup.

Cook’s Tip: Make 20 smaller fairy-cake buns if you prefer, baking them for 20 minutes.

Popcorn Brains With Maggots:

Popcorn Brains With Maggots: Halloween Recipe

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9 Comments

    • 20 October 2021 / 07:40

      Thanks for hosting and stopping by 🙂

  1. Margy
    10 October 2021 / 20:01

    Makes me think about all the creative things my mom did when I was growing up. She taught school but made time to make my childhood filled with fun. – Margy

    • 10 October 2021 / 20:06

      I used to love Halloween, growing up 🙂

  2. Dee | Grammy's Grid
    30 September 2019 / 09:47

    Oh goodness, brains with maggots, perfect for Halloween!! Thanks so much for linking up at #AThemedLinkup 2 for All Things Halloween. Shared.