Best Halloween Graveyard Cake Recipes

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SPOOKTACULAR HALLOWEEN GRAVEYARD CAKE



Spooktacular Halloween Graveyard Cake image

This is a great cake, perfect for Halloween parties, that is a take-off of the stand-by graveyard pudding. I noticed pudding is less popular than cake, and of course, cake is more suited for parties, especially those with kids. You can use your choice of cake flavor, but pay attention to the cookie crumbs you use in that case so they are compatible flavors. You also probably wouldn't want to use chocolate icing with a pumpkin cake, but if you wanted a pumpkin frosting, that would be good, or else use vanilla.You can use whipped cream to make the ghosties, but be aware that if you do this, the cake needs to remain chilled, and the whipped cream does try to sag and run after awhile (so don't do that too far in advance). The marshmallow ghosties are more durable at room temp. Those are often sold near displays of halloween candy, not necessarily by the bags of marshmallows.

Provided by PalatablePastime

Categories     Dessert

Time 50m

Yield 1 decorated cake, 8-12 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 12

1 (18 1/4 ounce) package cake mix (I used Duncan Hines Moist Deluxe Devil's Food)
1 1/3 cups water
1/2 cup vegetable oil
3 large eggs
10 ounces nabisco Oreo cookies, crushed (may use gingersnap crumbs if it goes with your cake)
6 -10 pepperidge farm milano cookies (or suitable oval shaped butter cookies)
1 1/2-2 cups prepared vanilla frosting (or other suitable flavor)
1 -4 package cake decorating gel (green, black, orange or brown, etc, as needed)
1 cup candy corn (or pumpkin-shaped candy)
1/4 cup harvest colored sprinkles or 1/4 cup colored crystal sugar (orange, green, yellow, etc)
6 -12 laboratory decorative candies (chocolate candy foil-wrapped like eyeballs, ears, lips, body parts, etc) (optional)
4 -6 ghost-shaped peeps marshmallows (may also use cats or pumpkins)

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 350°F.
  • Mix together cake mix, water, oil, and eggs according to package directions.
  • If your package requires different ingredients to make cake, follow those instructions instead.
  • Grease and flour a glass 13x9-inch cake pan.
  • If you use a dark or coated pan, do your baking at 325°F.
  • Pour batter into prepared pan and bake in a preheated oven for approx 35 minutes (38-40 minutes for dark or coated pans) or until cake is done.
  • Allow cake to cool in the pan.
  • Spread frosting evenly on cooled cake.
  • Sprinkle frosting with crumbled cookies (oreos or whatever you are using).
  • Using gel frostings, write sayings on 1/2 of the milano cookies (some sayings might be"Justin Tyme","Yul B Next","RIP","M T Tomb","Will B Back","Barry M Deep", etc).
  • Press 1/2 of cookie down into cake and icing to resemble a standing tombstone.
  • Arrange ghost marshmallows in a standing position on top of cake.
  • Scatter candies and/or sprinkles or sugars on cake to garnish.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 602.2, Fat 29.5, SaturatedFat 5.7, Cholesterol 69.8, Sodium 641.6, Carbohydrate 78.9, Fiber 1.6, Sugar 52.1, Protein 7.3

GRAVEYARD CAKE FOR HALLOWEEN



Graveyard Cake for Halloween image

You can use any chocolate cake or brownie recipe for this graveyard cake and it is a guaranteed hit for your halloween party or while kids are getting ready to trick or treat. If you like you can add gummy worms as well.

Provided by barbara

Categories     Desserts     Cakes     Cake Mix Cake Recipes     Chocolate Cake

Time 3h11m

Yield 16

Number Of Ingredients 8

cooking spray
1 (15.25 ounce) package chocolate cake mix (such as Duncan Hines®)
1 cup water
3 eggs
⅓ cup vegetable oil
1 (16 ounce) package prepared chocolate frosting
15 rectangular or oval sandwich cookies (such as Milano®)
10 chocolate wafer cookies, crushed

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease sides and bottom of a 9x13-inch cake pan with cooking spray.
  • Combine cake mix, water, eggs, and oil in a large bowl; beat with an electric mixer on low speed until moistened, about 30 seconds. Beat at medium speed until batter is smooth and creamy, about 2 minutes. Pour batter into the prepared pan.
  • Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 26 to 31 minutes. Remove from oven and cool pan on wire rack for 15 minutes. Remove cake from pan and cool completely on wire rack before decorating, about 2 hours.
  • Spread a layer of chocolate frosting over top of the cake.
  • Fill a pastry bag, fitted with a small plain tip, with a few tablespoons of chocolate frosting. Write "RIP" or draw a cross on sandwich cookies. Insert decorated cookies into the cake so that they look like tombstones in a graveyard. Sprinkle chocolate cookie crumbs in between the cookie tombstones to resemble dirt.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 338.6 calories, Carbohydrate 44.6 g, Cholesterol 33.8 mg, Fat 17.8 g, Fiber 1.1 g, Protein 3.6 g, SaturatedFat 4.5 g, Sodium 312.8 mg, Sugar 30.5 g

HALLOWEEN GRAVEYARD CAKE



Halloween Graveyard Cake image

Delicious and spooky Halloween cake complete with gravestones, a dead tree, pumpkin patch, and a scary ghost!

Provided by Michele B.

Categories     Desserts     Cakes     Cake Mix Cake Recipes

Time 2h2m

Yield 12

Number Of Ingredients 16

1 (18.25 ounce) package devil's food cake mix (such as Duncan Hines®)
1 cup water
3 large eggs
⅓ cup vegetable oil
24 fudge stick cookies
4 black licorice whips, or as needed
1 (16 ounce) container dark fudge frosting (such as Pillsbury®)
¼ cup chocolate-covered raisins
2 tablespoons toffee chips
2 tablespoons shredded coconut
4 drops green food coloring
12 candy pumpkins
3 oval butter sandwich cookies with chocolate filling (eg Pepperidge Farm Milano)
1 (.68 oz. tube) black decorating gel
¼ cup chocolate cookie crumbs
1 marshmallow ghost (such as Peeps®)

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a disposable foil pan with a domed plastic lid.
  • Beat cake mix with water, eggs, and oil in a large bowl using an electric mixer until no dry spots remain. Increase speed to medium; blend well. Pour batter into the prepared pan.
  • Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 32 to 36 minutes. Let cool completely, at least 30 minutes.
  • Frost the cooled cake with frosting.
  • Push fudge sticks upright about 1/2-inch apart into 3 outer edges of the cake to represent fence posts. Place additional fudge sticks about 1/2-inch apart in a diagonal line across the cake starting at the fourth corner to create a small area outside the graveyard. Weave licorice whips through the fence posts for crosspieces. Connect 2 parallel sticks with a third diagonal one and attach with frosting to make a gate.
  • Make a winding path from the gate to the far edge of the cake with 2 parallel lines of chocolate covered raisins as boulders. Fill the path with toffee chip for rocks. Assemble a licorice whip tree; insert in the middle of the path in the far corner of the graveyard.
  • Mix coconut with green food coloring in a small bowl until thoroughly dyed. Arrange outside the gate into a lawn. Pile a mound of candy pumpkins in 1 corner of the graveyard and a few on the grass.
  • Write spooky phrases on the upper thirds of the oval cookies with black decorator gel icing such as 'RIP" with a skull and crossbones, "Yul B. Next," or "Here Lies ---." Stick cookie gravestones carefully into the cake. Scatter cookie crumbs all over the graveyard to represent dirt; stack any extra crumbs into a dirt pile in front of a gravestone. Place a marshmallow ghost at the fence, peeking out from between two posts.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 647.2 calories, Carbohydrate 91.4 g, Cholesterol 58.4 mg, Fat 28.6 g, Fiber 0.7 g, Protein 6.6 g, SaturatedFat 9.9 g, Sodium 536.3 mg, Sugar 63.8 g

HALLOWEEN DIRT CAKE - EASY GRAVEYARD DIRT CAKE RECIPE



Halloween dirt cake - Easy Graveyard Dirt Cake Recipe image

Layers of Oreo cookies and pudding with gummy worms, pumpkins and tombstone cookies make this dirt cake so fun. Try graveyard dirt cake.

Provided by @MakeItYours

Number Of Ingredients 10

1 packaged Oreos (15.5 oz)
8 oz Cream Cheese (softened)
1/2 cup Butter (softened)
1 cup Powdered Sugar
16 oz Cool Whip
2 boxes of Instant Chocolate Pudding Mix (3.3 oz each)
3 cups Milk
1 package Milano Cookies
Gummy Worms and Candy Pumpkins (optional)
Wilton Black Writing Icing

Steps:

  • Crush the Oreos in a food processor or blend and place 2/3 of them in the bottom of a 9X13 pan. Set aside.
  • Cream together the cream and butter with a hand held mixer or stand up mixer until smooth. Then mix in the powdered sugar and cool whip.
  • Then in a separate bowl, whisk together the milk and chocolate pudding mixes. Then fold this mixture into the cream cheese mixture.
  • Pour this mixture over the Oreos in the 9X13 pan.
  • Then top with the remaining crushed up Oreos.
  • Cover and refrigerate the cake for a minimum of 2 hours before serving.
  • Decorate the cake right before serving. Write RIP on the top of the Milano cookies with the black icing. Place them in the cake to resemble tombstones and then decorate with the gummy worms and candy pumpkins.
  • Enjoy!

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