We love dressing our dogs up for Halloween every year, it's torture I know lol. But they love the treats they get while they sit for pictures! This year we decided to dress them up in the "IT" theme with Ori being Pennywise and Ember being Georgie.

What do you think, did they turn out great or what??! The red balloon really tied it all together!

Preheat oven to 350°.

Prepare Nordic Ware Skull Bitelets and Nordic Ware Tombstone Cakelet pans with baking spray containing flour using a pastry brush to coat the details of the pans.

In a medium-sized bowl sift together 2 1/2 cups of all-purpose flour, 1 teaspoon baking powder, 1/2 teaspoon baking soda, 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon, 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger, 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves, 1/4 teaspoon grated nutmeg, 1/4 teaspoon ground cardamom, 1/4 teaspoon salt, and 1/4 teaspoon of cayenne pepper. Set aside.

In a mixer fitted with a paddle attachment cream together 1 1/2 sticks of room temperature unsalted butter and 1 1/2 cups of packed brown sugar at medium speed until fluffy (about 4 Minutes).

Reduce speed and add 3 room temperature eggs, one at a time beating well after each addition.

Add 1 1/2 teaspoons of vanilla extract.

Slowly beat in flour mixture, alternating with 1/2 cup of room temperature buttermilk and 1/2 cup of pure maple syrup (about 3 batches) just until the batter is smooth.

Fill each skull cavity about half full and each tombstone cavity about 60% full. Tap pans on a towel-lined countertop to remove any bubbles.

Bake the skulls for 12 Minutes to 15 Minutes and the tombstones for 18 Minutes to 20 Minutes or until edges are lightly browned and the center of the cakes are firm to the touch.