Best Monster Cake Recipes

MONSTER COOKIE CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 325°F. Spray bottom and sides of 9-inch springform pan with cooking spray.
• In large bowl, mix cookie mix, vegetable oil, water, egg, peanut butter and oats with spoon until mixture comes together. Stir in 1/2 cup candies, the chocolate chips and peanuts. Press into pan.
• Bake 26 to 30 minutes or until golden brown. Cool 10 minutes; release side of pan. Cool completely, about 1 hour.
• When ready to serve, fit small decorating bag with 1/2-inch star piping tip; fill with frosting. Pipe 12 rosettes around top outer edge of cake; garnish with 1 tablespoon candies. Store in airtight container at room temperature.

CAKE MIX MONSTER COOKIES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F.
• In large bowl, beat cake mix, brown sugar, butter, peanut butter, water and egg with electric mixer on medium speed until well combined. Stir in oats until combined, then stir in candies and chocolate chips. Using large cookie scoop, drop dough 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheet.
• Bake 14 to 15 minutes or until edges are just golden brown. Cool 10 minutes on cookie sheet. Remove to cooling rack to cool completely, about 20 minutes.

HALLOWEEN MONSTER OF A CAKE

Steps:

• Cake:.
• Preheat oven to 350.
• Spray 4, 8-9" round cake pans with nonstick spray and flour.
• Line bottom of pans with parchment paper, spray parchment; set aside.
• Prepare devil's food cake mix according to package directions (I listed the ing. for Betty Crocker cake mix, not sure if all brands use the same ing.)Divide between 2 pans and bake according to package directions.
• Cool COMPLETELY.
• Prepare white cake mix according to package directions, add green food coloring.
• Divide batter between 2 remaining pans and bake according to package directions.
• Cool COMPLETELY.
• *Tips* I cut off the rounded tops of cakes to even them out and then put in freezer so when I frost the crumbles will not get in frosting. Put a sheet of wax paper on cake stand or plate then put cake layers on, when you are done just pull out the wax paper and your plate will be clean. Put the top of cakes facing down so you have a nice flat area to spread filling and frost top layer.
• Spread Pistachio filling evenly between layers (about 1 1/8-1/4c each).
• Spread Chocolate Ganache Icing evenly over top and sides of cake, if icing sets up on cake before you can blend it all put cake in oven on WARM setting for a bit to soften then blend top and sides well.
• Garnish with chopped pistachios.
• Pistachio Filling:.
• In a lg bowl, combine pudding mix, cream, sour cream, milk and powdered sugar.
• Beat at med speed with an electric mixer until stiff peaks form, refrigerate at least one hour or until ready to use.
• Chocolate Ganache Icing:.
• In a lg bowl, place chocolate; in a lg saucepan combine cream, butter, liquer and vanilla.
• Bring to a boil over med-high heat; pour over chocolate whisking until chocolate is melted and smooth.
• Refrigerate for 45 min to an hour until spreading consistency is reached.

MATCHA MONSTER BUNDT CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Generously grease a 10- to 12-cup bundt pan with the butter, then dust it with flour, tapping out any excess.
• Whisk together the flour, sugar, baking soda and salt in a large mixing bowl; set aside.
• Heat the coffee, coconut oil, cocoa powder, semisweet chocolate and 1/3 cup of the coconut milk in a small saucepan over medium heat, stirring frequently, until the chocolate is melted and makes a smooth sauce, 4 to 5 minutes. Fold the chocolate mixture into the flour mixture until smooth and combined. Fold in the vanilla and eggs until smooth.
• Pour the batter into the prepared pan and bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 45 to 55 minutes. Let the cake cool in the pan for 10 minutes, then turn it out onto a cooling rack set inside a baking sheet to cool completely, 1 to 2 hours.
• Meanwhile, make the ganache: Put the white chocolate in a heatsafe bowl; set aside.
• Sift the matcha into a saucepan and whisk in 1/4 cup of the coconut milk. Keep whisking until no lumps remain. Whisk in the remaining coconut milk. Set over medium heat and cook, stirring often, until the mixture just begins to boil. Pour it over the white chocolate, let it sit for a few seconds, then stir it all together until the chocolate melts. Let the ganache cool slightly, stirring often, until no longer hot to the touch and thickened but still pourable.
• Pour 1 cup of the ganache over the cake and refrigerate until hardened, about 10 minutes. Pour the remaining ganache over the cake and refrigerate until hardened, about 10 minutes. Scrape the ganache at the bottom of the baking sheet back into the bowl and pour it over top once more. Let it harden, about 10 minutes.
• Decorate the cake with candy eyeballs, then slice and serve.

HALLOWEEN MONSTER CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or nonstick pan). Make and bake cake as directed on box for 13x9-inch pan. Cool 10 minutes. Run knife around sides of pan to loosen cake; remove from pan to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 1 hour.
• Place cake, bottom side up, on large platter or foil-covered cookie sheet. Remove 2 tablespoons of white frosting from container; set aside. Remove one-third of the frosting (about 1/2 cup) to small bowl. Tint black; set aside. Tint remaining frosting neon green. Frost sides and top of cake with neon green frosting.
• Using picture as a guide, use decorating icing with a round tip to outline hair. Add licorice pieces for eyebrows. Use reserved white frosting to form eyes. Use icing to outline remaining facial features. Spread black frosting within the outlines to fill in the hair. Store loosely covered.

MONSTER CAKE POPS

Steps:

• Make and bake cake mix as directed on box for 13x9-inch pan, using water, oil and eggs. Cool. Line cookie sheet with waxed paper. Crumble cake into large bowl. Add frosting; mix well. Shape into 1-inch balls; place on cookie sheet. Freeze until firm; refrigerate.
• In microwavable bowl, microwave blue candy melts and shortening uncovered on Medium (50%) 1 minute, then in 15-second intervals, until melted; stir until smooth. Dip tip of 1 lollipop stick about 1/2 inch into melted blue candy and insert stick into 1 cake ball no more than halfway. Repeat. Return to cookie sheet. Refrigerate 5 minutes. Remove from refrigerator a few at a time. Dip cake balls in melted blue candy; tap off excess. Poke opposite end of stick into foam block. Immediately attach 2 candy straw pieces to top of pop for antennae, holding in place until set. Let stand until set.
• Spoon melted purple candy into resealable food-storage plastic bag; seal bag. Cut off small corner of bag. Squeeze bag to pipe mouth and teeth onto cake pops. Use remaining melted candy to attach candy eyes to antennae.

MONSTER COFFIN CAKE

Steps:

• Place drink mix in large bowl. Add hot water; stir until drink mix is completely dissolved. Add cream cheese; beat with electric mixer on medium speed until well blended. Gently stir in whipped topping with wire whisk. Remove 1/2 tsp. of the cream cheese mixture for later use; set remaining cream cheese mixture aside.
• Crush 3 of the cookies; place cookie crumbs in shallow dish. Set aside. Cut cake lengthwise in half. Frost cake top with some of the remaining cream cheese mixture. Dip in cookie crumbs until evenly coated; set aside. Place cake bottom on serving platter; frost top and sides with some of the remaining cream cheese mixture. Place cake top next to cake bottom to resemble coffin lid. Frost sides and cut side of cake top with remaining cream cheese mixture.
• Place remaining cookie in center of cake bottom to resemble a body. Line up two rows of 3 mini marshmallows each at bottom of "body" to resemble legs. Place 2 miniature marshmallows on sides of "body" to resemble arms. Place large marshmallow at top of "body" to resemble head. Using reserved 1/2 tsp. cream cheese mixture, attach 2 miniature marshmallows to sides of "head" to resemble ears. Use decorating gel to draw mouth and eyes. Top cake with fruit snacks.

SILLY MONSTER CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or nonstick pans). Grease bottoms and sides of 2 (8-inch) round cake pans with shortening or cooking spray.
• Make and bake cake mix as directed on box for 8-inch rounds, using water, oil and eggs. Cool 10 minutes; remove from pans to cooling racks. Cool completely, about 1 hour. For easier handling, refrigerate or freeze cakes 30 minutes to 1 hour or until firm.
• In medium bowl, mix 2 containers frosting and orange food color. On serving plate, place 1 cake layer, rounded side down. Spread with 1 cup of the orange frosting. Top with second cake layer, rounded side up. Spread thin layer of orange frosting over cake to seal in crumbs. Refrigerate or freeze 30 minutes to 1 hour.
• Frost top and side of cake with orange frosting, using back of spoon to create texture.
• Spread large circle of vanilla frosting for eyeball. Unroll 1 fruit snack; cut out small circle for eye and teeth for mouth. Place circle in center of eye. Top with gumdrop. Spread vanilla frosting for mouth; add fruit roll-up for teeth. Outline each with black licorice; add eye lashes.
• Unroll remaining fruit snack; wrap around ice cream cone. Insert skewers at top of cake; attach cones to look like horns.

MONSTER CAKE

Steps:

• My favorite part of this cake is the hair! I used a tub of pre-made frosting (gasp!) because the consistency is perfect for this. (I added some black food coloring to make it darker.) Using tip #47, start piping in the middle of the cake and move outward - going over the edge and down the side a little. Make sure the serrated side of the tip is up. Continue all the way around the cake, making the hair longer in back. Attach the brown M&M's to the candy melts with a dab of frosting, then press on to the cake. Attach your green peanut M&M to the cake right under the eyes. Using tip #3, pipe on a squiggly mouth and a scar. Cut the Twix bar in half, and press into the sides of the cake to make neck bolts.