Although Spaniards celebrate Halloween differently than Americans both versions have great traditions. In an effort to show the kids a piece of what Halloween is like in America I suggested to Maria that it would be fun to have the kids decorate Halloween cupcakes in art class. I mean who doesn't love cupcakes, right? Wrong...cupcakes are not common in Spain. I quickly learned that you can't hop down to the local grocery store and buy frosting or cupcake mix so we attempted to make it from scratch. After I showed Maria the ingredients for making cupcakes she mentioned they're exactly like Spanish Magdellenas and suggested we buy that part already made and just make the frosting. Me of course being the great cook that I am (ya right) decided to partake in this frosting making endeavor. In a nutshell our frosting came out crunchy (wrong kind of sugar) the consistency was watery and I managed to shock Maria with how much sugar is used in cupcakes. The good news is kids will eat anything colorful with lots of sugar so overall the cupcake mission was a success :)
Maria and her daughter Rita trying to mix the butter and sugar
Some of our frosting ingredients
Magdellenas (I would describe these babies more like muffins than cupcakes)
The kids making Halloween spider cupcakes
Yeah, that'd be our watery crunchy frosting haha
Happy sugar-high children
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