Make a spooky Halloween Ghost Cake with two layers of vanilla cake and one layer of chocolate cake covered in black buttercream frosting and marshmallow spiderwebs that is topped off with buttercream ghosts for a super fun holiday layer cake!
This post and recipe was created for #HalloweenTreatsWeek! I was sent samples by some of the sponsor companies but as always opinions are 100% mine.
I'm so excited to be back as part of Halloween Treats Week. While I'll always make fun Halloween sweets this event has gotten me to make several Halloween layer cakes over the last few years and I've been thrilled with all of them.
So this year I'm back with yet another cake and this one might just be my favorite. It's a Ghost Cake with 3 layers of cake, vanilla buttercream frosting, and marshmallow spiderwebs.
I love how it turned out. I chose one of my favorite "sturdy" cake recipes and went from there. You can, of course, use your favorite cake recipe along with my decorating guide but I think you'll really enjoy the flavors in these cakes.
I divided the cake into three different bowls and dyed one green, one orange, and one black. You could add purple in there in place of the black but I thought having three different Halloween colors was super fun.
I whipped up an easy buttercream frosting recipe using Dixie Crystals powdered sugar, my own homemade vanilla extract, butter, and a touch of milk. Then I dyed it black to give the cake an overall spooky feel.
Yes! I only added in the chocolate layer because I knew I wanted it black so I actually used black cocoa powder so I didn't need to use the extra food coloring. You can make them all vanilla and then dye them three different colors. I wouldn't make three layers of chocolate cake simply because it's difficult to dye chocolate cake.
Yes! You can certainly use regular cocoa powder but then you'll probably need to add some black food coloring. With the black cocoa powder I didn't need to use any additional dye.
Crumb coat! I always thought crumb coats were a joke but they aren't. Put a very thin layer of frosting all over your cake making sure to fill in any gaps between your layers. Then put it in the freezer for 20 minutes. When you take it out immediately frost it as you normally would. The frosting will go on much smoother and cleaner.
Instead of using frosting you can make a meringue recipe and simply pipe the meringue into a ghost shape instead. That way they will be much lighter. After they are cooked let them cool them put them on top of the cake.
You can use a box mix for the cake. You'll need to make 2 boxes of cake batter though you will only use one and a half. Whenever this is the case I usually use the remaining half box of cake mix and make 9 or 10 cupcakes to go along with my cake.
Next came the spiderwebs. This part was tricky. The marshmallows are going to stick to your hands. I tried putting them on while the marshmallows were fairly hot and it started melting my frosting. Then I waited until it was fairly cool and when I put it on the cake it was pulling the other marshmallow webs off.
All that to say, you'll have to experiment a bit to find the perfect temperature to put on the spiderweb. Once I found it it was so much easier to get it onto the cake and it looked awesome.
I actually put the sprinkles on the bottom of the cake before I put the spiderwebs on but if I make it again I'll put the sprinkles on after the spiderwebs. The problem was that the spiderwebs would grab some of the sprinkles and pull them off of the cake.
After putting on the spiderwebs I worked on the ghosts. I practiced one or two before putting them on the cake but they were fairly easy to make.
I love how this cake turned out. It looked so spooky on the outside with spiderwebs all over the cake and the tall ghosts on top. I'm glad I put the little ghosts on the side of the cake because they added texture and a bit more to the cake.
The inside was stunning. The colors were bright but the black frosting kept it creepy and Halloween themed. The flavors were delicious too. Tons of vanilla with a little bit of chocolate and plenty of fluffy buttercream frosting. I shared with a few friends and they all loved it just as much as we did!
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