Halloween Cake
Easy
You can use any sponge base to build your ‘cake for a wake’ on, and decorate it with whatever takes your fancy. Here, biscuits are iced and used as tombstones and googly jelly eyes surround the cake, but you can use what you like and let your artistic flair run wild.
PREP IN
20 MIN
COOK IN
25 MIN
SERVE
10
Halloween Cake
Easy
PREP IN
20 MIN
COOK IN
25 MIN
SERVE
10
Introduction
You can use any sponge base to build your ‘cake for a wake’ on, and decorate it with whatever takes your fancy. Here, biscuits are iced and used as tombstones and googly jelly eyes surround the cake, but you can use what you like and let your artistic flair run wild.
Ingredients
- A large Swiss-roll tin 20 x 30cm, lined with baking parchment
- 300g caster sugar
- 300g butter
- 6 eggs
- 250g plain flour
- 100g cocoa powder
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 300g chocolate spread
Method
- 1. Preheat oven 180°C/350°F/gas mark 4.
- 2. In a mixing bowl soften the butter with an electric mixer, add the sugar and mix until light and fluffy.
- 3. Add the eggs and vanilla and mix well to combine.
- 4. Sieve in the flour, cocoa and baking powder into the bowl and mix to combine for 3-4 minutes.
- 5. Pour the mixture into the prepared tin, smooth with a palate knife and bake in a pre-heated oven for 20-25 minutes.
- 6. Remove from the oven and allow to cool fully before decorating.
- 7. <h5>To assemble the cake:<h5>
- 8. Carefully turn the cake out onto a large board and spread the entire surface with chocolate spread or frosting
- 9. Decorate your graveyard cake with your favourite crispy coffins and meringue spooks, biscuits, jellies and sugar decorations. Cut at your peril!!!
