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This Spooky Halloween Cake comes from a friend who made this for a party she was having. Although I wasn’t invited (what was up with that, Lisa?) but I didn’t hold it against her, this is such a cute cake! According to Lisa, it is pretty easy breezy to put together…
1. I use a box cake…it’s OK, no one will know!
2. I used King Arthurs Chocolate Fudge Buttercream (though you can use your favorite brand)
3. I Use Milano Dark Chocolate Cookies from Pepperidge Farm for the tombstones. When you break them in half it sometimes would be uneven creating a “creepy look” since they were tilted.
4. For the names on the tombstone, I used toothpicks and black gel, it is a lot easier than it looks! I would dip the toothpick into the gel that I squeezed out onto a plate. The key is to not use a lot.. it dries darker than you think.
5. I put all the folks’ names on the cake that were going to be at the party then spiced it up with other Halloween words… RIP, DEAD, 1313. I put them in rows for easy cutting, most folks will cut right above the tombstones making cutting the cake squares easy!
6. I bought some knives from Wilton. The bones, eyes and skeleton arms come in a Wilton Skeleton Set but they are actually made for cupcakes. I actually split them up… then I added red gel for the blood!
Oh this cake is beyond great. I’m going to use the recipe for an Over 40 Birthday Party. This is so cool. Thank you for the information.
Really cute. We like festive recipes…easy and fun ones are he best. Good tip on using a toothpick for the names.
This is so cute!, I love how you used the cookies for tombstones.