Bloody Broken Glass Cupcakes

Name: Bloody Broken Glass Cupcakes
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Yield: 24 cupcakes
Ingredients: 1 (18.25 ounce) package white cake mix; 1 cup water; 1/3 cup vegetable oil; 3 eggs; 1 (16 ounce) can white frosting; Sugar Glass:; 2 cups water; 1 cup light corn syrup; 3 1/2 cups white sugar; 1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar; Edible Blood:; 1/2 cup light corn syrup; 1 tablespoon cornstarch; 1/4 cup water, or more as needed; 15 drops red food coloring; 3 drops blue food coloring

"I made made these cupcakes for my nephew's birthday and they turned out so creepy that I thought I would share them here for Halloween. I tried out a few different methods for sugar glass and included the method which produced the clearest glass for me."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 16 ingredients

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Why it works: Sugar and syrup match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 5,842 recipes. Both carry ethanol, which smells alcoholic, ethereal. The science ↓

Bloody Broken Glass Cupcakes

24 cupcakes

Prep30 min

Cook30 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

829Calories

23 gProtein

27 gFat

126 gCarbs

Counts 6 of 9 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 6 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Flour	1 cup (125g) all-purpose	455
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Egg	1 large egg (50g)	78
Corn	1/2 cup kernels (82g)	77
Cream	1 tbsp (15ml) heavy	51
Sugar	1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated	49
Cake	not in our table	0
Water	not in our table	0
Syrup	not in our table	0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By allrecipes. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

Sugar + syruptop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together5,842 recipes

Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
Sugar + creamtop 9% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together43,450 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,3-butanedione (butter, sweet).
Syrup + creamtop 12% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,964 recipes

Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
Corn + syruptop 17% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together1,678 recipes

Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
Egg + sugartop 21% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together122,807 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

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