This was not a Halloween cake, but rather a birthday cake. My son is obsessed with skulls, so this is the cake I made. It is an ice cream cake I made with a spring form pan and little ice cream sandwiches. I fanned the sandwiches within the form, and filled in the void space … Read more
This Skull Birthday Cake was for my son’s girlfriend’s 21st birthday. It’s 11X14 chocolate cake with butter cream frosting. She always said how cool the cakes were I did for my kids so I thought I would surprise her with this. She loved it.
This Jack Cake is the birthday cake my sister made me for my 21st birthday! I personally think she did an amazing job, seeing as Jack is my fave character in the world!! I’m really happy with how it turned out! The top layer of the cake was chocolate (YUM!) and the bottom vanilla and … Read more
We didn’t need that big of a cake for my son’s birthday, so the part of this that is cake is Jack’s head. The rest was hand drawn by me. If it would have been for a larger gathering I would have done the base on a half sheet cake. Chocolate cake with homemade buttercream … Read more
This is a Jack Skellington cake made with a Cherry Chip cake with vanilla frosting. I made two 9″ round cakes, staked them and frosted with the vanilla frosting. To achieve a smooth surface I got my frosting spreader really hot and smoothed over any bumps. For the black areas I used a black frosting … Read more
I made this Ghost and Pumpkin Cake for my sons’ 8th birthday which had a Halloween theme. The bottom was made using two bunt cakes (both colored orange) that I put on top of each other with frosting and dowels between them to create the “pumpkin” shape. I then frosted it orange. I made the … Read more
This Birthday Casket Cake I made for my uncle who was turning 45. Previously I had done an over the hill themed cake, so I wanted to do a one foot in the grave cake. That idea did not work out so well when I tried to find a way to get Ken to stand … Read more
This Halloween Graveyard Cake is a chocolate cake with ganache frosting. The Frankenstein is made from marshmallows. The spider’s legs are pretzels and his body is a cake ball with chocolate sprinkles to resemble fur. The tombstones, cats, pumpkins, ghosts are all sugar cookie dough. The mummy is a mini cupcake. The moon and bats … Read more
For this Graveyard cake I used 2 box mixes and store-bought frosting. It worked fine. I did follow the directions for decorating. You have to bake the cakes in a 13-by-9-by-2-inch pan, an 8-inch ovenproof bowl and a 6-inch loaf pan. Decorating the Graveyard cake: I used orange frosting, green gumdrops, chocolate graham crackers, chocolate … Read more
I make this Homemade Wedding Halloween Cake Idea for my wedding which was on Halloween. We were going to just have a Halloween party and decided at the last minute to get married. I wish I had a little bit more time to make the cake look perfect. It took me about 3 days to … Read more
I made this Horror Movie birthday cake for my oldest son’s birthday. He loves scary movies so I decided to make him a horror movie cake. I used 2 chocolate cakes and put them side by side. I cut a 1 inch strip down along one side of each cake so that I could put … Read more
I made this Scooby Doo Haunted House Cake for my son’s 5th birthday. He was having a Scooby Doo mystery party and he wanted a haunted house cake. I used a lot of ideas from my favorite site www.coolest-birthday-cakes.com. First I made a 13×9 chocolate cake for the bottom and frosted it with chocolate icing. … Read more