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Halloween Cake Receipes
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Halloween cake is not only the perfect dessert for any Halloween
party and a must have for someone with a birthday on or around
October 31st, but also makes a great center piece for your food
table if you are throwing any type of Halloween party. Here are two
simple, yet impressive Halloween cakes that you can try this year.
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Pumpkin Cake
No, we are not taking about a pumpkin flavored cake, but a light
colored cake that looks like a pumpkin when you’re finished
decorating it.
You will need 3 box mixes of white or yellow cake mix along with the
additional ingredients like oil and eggs the box calls for. Prepare
the batter as directed. Pour it into two bunt pans and bake
according to the package directions. Allow the cake to cool
completely.
Meanwhile, combine two to three cans of vanilla frosting in a bowl.
You can probably make do with two cans, but if you prefer being able
to work out any unevenness, or fix fingerprints made in there by
little hands (what child can resist tasting frosting?), go with
three cans.
Add enough red and yellow food coloring to the frosting mixture to
turn it bright orange. Spread some of the frosting only on the flat
side one of the cooled bunt cakes. Set the other one on top of it
flat side down. You have a pumpkin shape. Use the rest of frosting
mixture to frost the entire cake.
Use black icing to draw a carved pumpkin design on the cake. Some
triangular shapes for the eyes and nose, as well as a large half
moon shape will do the trick.
Spider Cake
Start with a boxed mix of devil’s food cake (or your favorite
chocolate cake mix). Prepare the batter and bake it in two round
pans according to the package instructions. Let it cool on a rack.
Scoop 2 cans of vanilla frosting into a large bowl and add enough
green and yellow food coloring to turn it into a nice spooky green
color. Spread a layer of frosting in between the two cake rounds.
Use the rest to frost the entire outside of the cake.
Use black icing to draw a spider web on the top of the cake. Start
by drawing lines across the top. Imagine the top of the cake is a
clock. Draw a line from 12 to 6, then one from 9 to 3. Fill in the
spaces with two more lines each. Then start working on the circles
starting in the center of the cake and working your way out toward
the edges of the cake.
Take a chocolate muffin, cut off the bottom and frost the entire top
of it with chocolate frosting. Roll it frosted side down in
chocolate sprinkles and place it in the center of the spider web on
the cake. Add four pieces of black licorice to each side as legs.
Now all you’ll need is a spooky costume and you will be ready for an
impressive Halloween party.
Would you like to quickly make creative Halloween costumes that you
and your children will be proud of -- for a fraction of the price of
store-bought? Susanne Myers has co-authored a book to show you how
-- no sewing involved. Visit
www.ILoveHalloweenCostumes.com to learn more.
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