For my brother’s 40th birthday, the theme was Skull & Cross-Bones. It was difficult to make the cake not look “cartoon-ish” but I succeeded! The cake is yellow cake with homemade buttercream frosting, tinted a cool silvery-purple (Wilton purple with a drop of Wilton black makes a really cool silver color – test it with … Read more
This Witches Brew Cake was a Halloween cake I created for a cake decorating basics class I was in. I had a whole other cake planned and then got this idea one night as I lay in bed. I actually got out of bed and drew it out that night. I used three layers of … Read more
My son’s birthday is on the 28th and he always has a Halloween themed party. I Googled Halloween cakes and found a Zombie Cake and came up with my own rendition. There is a PVC frame holding the arms up (covered in rice krispie treats and fondant)and down the center of the chest (all cake). … Read more
This Jack Skellington cake was easier than it looks. I baked two 9×13″ cakes and one 8″ round. I bought a huge strong piece of cardboard and covered it with Christmas paper to place the cake on. The round cake is the head. One of the 9×13″ cakes is for the torso. With a sharp … Read more
My 14 year old daughter wanted a NMBC Birthday party and didn’t want a store bought cake. Being the creative dad that I am I jumped on the chance to make a cake for her even though I’ve never baked a cake before or even decorated one. I found this page during my research for … Read more
The Nightmare before Christmas is the best movie ever and Jack makes a damn tasty Jack Skellington cake. Just make a round cake then the decoration is the only important bit! First cut a circle of greaseproof paper the same size as the circumference of your cake and draw Jacks face onto it. Then cut … Read more
For this Halloween Ghost Cake I used 32 cupcakes and I used 2 boxes of yellow cake and 2 things of icing you may need it depends on size and how many people. Then once all the cupcakes have cooled then you ice each one of them then you make the shape of your ghost. … Read more
This cake is the result of a request for the theme “One foot in the grave.” My friend turned 43 this year, and I had no idea how to turn that into a cake. I found some ideas for a One Foot in the Grave Cake online, modified them, and came up with this. The … Read more
I made this graveyard cake for a friend’s mom. She was turning 50 and I came up with the idea for a grave symbolizing her youth. I looked for so many ideas on the net and got many ideas from many places including this site and threw it all together. I bought the fencing from … Read more
This is a two layer 8″ round spice Graveyard cake with cream cheese frosting which was airbrushed black/brown. The tombstones are Vienna Fingers cookies iced in gray, and the ghost is rice krispies treat covered with fondant. Edible rice paper leaves decorate the sides; and I added candy pumpkins all around. The hand’ and Happy … Read more
Every year I make a Halloween Birthday cake for my son. Last year was a 3D zombie. This year he couldn’t make up his mind so I combined a few Halloween basics and put them all together! I baked 2 cakes in bundt pans and stacked them on top of each other to make the … Read more
Most 11 year old girls want cakes that are flowery dainty and pink. Well this 11 year old wanted Halloween party cakes as her birthday was on Halloween. So I did a witchs cauldron on skeletons with a graveyard below. I started with a 12″ square double layer cake frosted in gray buttercream. Then using … Read more