SO-EASY-IT'S-SPOOKY BAT CAKE

So-Easy-It's-Spooky Bat Cake image

This gorgeous dessert starts with a boxed cake mix. Then it's an easy and magical trick to make the bat silhouette with cocoa. -Crystal Schlueter, Babbitt, Minnesota

Provided by Taste of Home

Time 50m

Yield 16 servings.

Number Of Ingredients 16

Ingredients

1 devil's food or orange cake mix (regular size)
1 teaspoon orange food coloring, optional
ORANGE FROSTING:
4-2/3 cups confectioners' sugar
1 cup butter, softened
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Orange food coloring
6 to 7 tablespoons 2% milk
CHOCOLATE FROSTING:
4 cups confectioners' sugar
2/3 cup baking cocoa, sifted
1 cup butter, softened
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
6 to 7 tablespoons 2% milk
10 peanut butter cups, finely chopped
Dutch-processed cocoa or confectioners' sugar

Steps:

Prepare and bake cake mix according to package directions, using two 9-in. round baking pans. If preparing orange cake, add orange food coloring. Cool as package directs., For bat design, cut a bat pattern from card stock. Wrap with foil., For devil's food cake, prepare orange frosting by beating confectioners' sugar, butter, vanilla, food coloring and enough milk to reach a spreading consistency. For orange cake, prepare chocolate frosting by beating confectioners' sugar, cocoa, butter, vanilla and enough milk for spreading., Using a long serrated knife, trim tops of cakes if domed. Place 1 cake layer on a serving plate. Spread with 1 cup frosting; sprinkle with chopped candies. Top with remaining cake layer, bottom side up. Spread remaining frosting over top and sides of cake. Refrigerate until set, about 30 minutes., Lay bat pattern on top of cake. Using a fine-mesh strainer, sift Dutch-processed cocoa or confectioners' sugar over frosting. Lift pattern carefully to remove.Freeze option: Wrap cooled cake layers in plastic, then cover securely in foil; freeze. To use, thaw cakes before unwrapping. Assemble as directed.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 470 calories, Fat 23g fat (10g saturated fat), Cholesterol 67mg cholesterol, Sodium 424mg sodium, Carbohydrate 63g carbohydrate (48g sugars, Fiber 2g fiber), Protein 5g protein.