u/puppylust

I tried out a lime ice box cake (cream cheese, gelatin, condensed milk) in a silicone skull mold. The color was nicely spooky. It did not come out of the mold well (probably my fault, I'm new at this) and the flavor was only OK.

I'll need to figure out something else to do in the mold for actual Halloween. This one won't make it in for the May party.

Anyone have success in these large silicone molds? Maybe I should go with basic cake but I wanted to avoid using the oven for the summer.

Here's my first attempt at "monkey brains"

They were pretty good, but I want to tweak the recipe to be firmer texture and lighter in color. Has anyone done these before?

The recipe I used was 3oz strawberry jello, 1 1/2 cups water, and 1/2 cup sweetened condensed milk. Each brain mold is 1/2 cup liquid.

I definitely prefer the milk addition to straight jello in both taste and texture.