La Dia de Muertos

Happy Halloween and Day of the Dead everyone! Surprisingly i have alot of stuff to tell you guys about in this 2 day time span! For Halloween i went to a Halloween "party" and the hostess is pregnant so i combined a Halloween cake and a baby cake in one! It took alot of icing but it was pretty easy. The recipes are already on here and i don't have much to tell you about the cake so I'll just post pictures and get on with the Day of the Dead.

So basically I put a spider web on it and then a mom pumpkin a dad pumpkin and a baby pumpkin. Pretty simple right? Here are some pictures of the cake as I was making it.

Anyway, enough with that cake! It's time to talk about La Dia de Muertos, The Day of the Dead! Now for a little bit of background and fun facts, the day of the dead that I will be talking about is the Mexican one. The day of the dead was a way for Catholic, in some European countries, to help allow cultures keep their traditions of dressing up and warding off spirits but in a more Christian way of honoring the dead. In Mexico, families will decorate their dead loved one's graves with flowers and other decorations. Families also set up shrines dedicated to the dead and decorated with more flowers and some special decorative paper that i forget the name of. Food and water are set out to strengthen the wandering souls. Incense is set out so that the scents will guide the wandering souls. Pictures of the Virgin Mary, or the Virgin Guadalupe are also set out. Fun Fact:  Grave sites in Mexico are rented, not bought. If the rent is not paid the body will be removed and the site re-rented.

Food commonly eaten during the Day of the Dead is, The Bread of the Dead a.k.a. El Pan de Muertos, Gravel Salad, Antejitos, Tacos, churros, Tres Leches (three milks),and Meatball Soup. I ate all of these on the Day of the Dead, which actually lasts two days by the way, at a party and they were quite delicious although the Tres Leches was too sweet.

I apologize for any incorrect information, all of this i learned in an informational video at the party.