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Fun Halloween cake ideas not only make for the perfect dessert for any Halloween party and a
must have for someone with a birthday on or around October 31st, but they also make a great
centerpiece for your food table if you are throwing any type of Halloween party. Here are two
simple, yet impressive Halloween food ideas that you can try this year.
Pumpkin
Cake
 No, we are not talking about a pumpkin flavored
cake, but one of those more traditional Halloween cake ideas - a cake that looks like a carved
Holloween jack o' lantern pumpkin when you’re finished decorating it.
You will need 3 boxes 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 bundt pans and bake
according to the package directions. Allow the cake to cool completely.
Meanwhile, combine 2-3 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 by little
hands, 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 of one of the cooled bundt cakes. Set the other one on
top of it, flat side down. You have a pumpkin shape. Use the rest of the 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 nicely. Then prepare to feast on your spooky
Hallowen party cake.
Spider
Cake
 Start with a boxed mix of devil’s food cake
(or your favorite chocolate cake mix). Prepare the batter according to package directions and
bake it in two round pans. 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 another line 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 frosting 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.
And now that you've got your Halloween treats in order, its time to go shopping online for
that tres' cool Haloween costume - and you might even be able to find a Halloween discount coupon
for your spooky costume and you will be ready for an impressive Halloween party.
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