Join us for our very first episode, over Midnight Margaritas, where we cover Samhain, Halloween Lore, the Blue Moon, and Mercury in Retrograde.
Bobbing Apple Brew Margarita:
1.5 oz tequila
3.5 oz Apple cider
2-4oz spiced honey syrup**
.75 oz lemon juice
Ice
Ginger ale (top off)
Shake for 30 seconds, pour, top with ginger ale, and watch the cauldron bubble!
**Spiced honey syrup recipe:
1/2 cup honey
1/2 cup hot water
Mix until dissolved, add 1.5 Tbsp spice mixture:
2 tbsp cinnamon, 1 tsp clove, 1 tsp allspice, 1/2 tsp nutmeg
Funeral Cake - Celtic Folklore Cooking by Joanne Asala
1 cup + 1 tbsp dark brown sugar
butter
1 tbsp water
1/2 cup ground almonds
3 eggs
3 1/2 cups flour
1 cup golden raisans
1 cup currants
1/2 cup candied fruit peel
nutmeg
allspice
Put sugar, butter and water into a saucepan and bring to boil. Remove from heat and allow to cool. Stir in ground almonds, eggs, flour, raisins, currants, fruit peel and a pinch of nutmeg and allspice. Pour into greased 10in pan and bake at 375 for 1.5 hours. Reduce oven temp to 350 and bake for an additional 30 mins. Remove cake from oven and turn it onto a cooling rack. Allow to cool.