Halloween Chocolate Cake
Details
- Timing
- Timing
- Total:
- Bake:
- 50 Min.
- Prep:
- 1 Hr. 30 Min.
- Skill Level:
- Expert
- Yields:
- 1 cake
This cake might look like a pumpkin, but this Halloween chocolate cake recipe makes a cake as chocolaty as they get, complete with orange frosting. The secret is using a fluted tube pan to get the shape right for the top of a pumpkin. This recipe uses HERSHEY'S Milk Chocolate Bar, HERSHEY'S Cocoa and HERSHEY'S SPECIAL DARK Mildly Sweet Chocolate Chips for that undeniably decadent triple chocolate flavor. Adding a chocolate covered ice cream cone to your Halloween Chocolate Cake and some extra green icing makes the final result look like a perfect pumpkin!
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Ingredients & Directions
- Prep Time
- 1 hour 30 minutes
- Bake Time
- 50 minutes
- Cool Time
- 2 hours 10 minutes
- Chill Time
- 30 minutes
BAKE MODE:
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Ingredients
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1HERSHEY'S Milk Chocolate Bar (6 oz), broken into pieces
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1/2 cupbutter or margarine (1 stick), softened
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1 cupwater boiling
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2 cupsall-purpose flour
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1-1/2 cupssugar
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1/2 cup
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1 tspvanilla extract
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2 tspsbaking soda
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1 tspsalt
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2eggs
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1/2 cupdairy sour cream
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Chocolate Coated Ice Cream Cone
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1 cupHERSHEY'S SPECIAL DARK Mildly Sweet Chocolate Chips or HERSHEY'S Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips
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1 Tbspshortening (do NOT use butter, margarine, spread or oil)
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Orange Frosting
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1/3 cupbutter or margarine
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2 cupspowdered sugar
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2 tspsfreshly grated orange peel
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1-1/2 tspsvanilla extract
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2 to 4 Tbspshot water
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few dropsyellow and red food color
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Decorator's Frosting
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3 Tbspswater
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1 Tbspmeringue powder
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1-1/2 cupssugar
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1/8 tspvanilla extract
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Step-By-Step Directions
Equipment Needed
12-cup fluted tube pan
bowls
mixer
wire rack
pastry bag
leaf decorating tip
refrigerator
microwave
1
Heat oven to 350°F. Grease and flour 12-cup fluted tube pan.
2
Stir together chocolate bar pieces, butter and water in medium bowl until chocolate is melted. Stir together flour, sugar, cocoa, baking soda and salt in large bowl; gradually add butter mixture, beating until well blended. Add eggs, sour cream and vanilla; beat on medium speed 1 minute. Pour batter into prepared pan.
3
Bake 50 to 55 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in center of cake comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes; remove from pan to wire rack. Cool completely. Meanwhile, prepare Chocolate Coated Ice Cream Cone. Drizzle Orange Frosting over cake. Place ice cream cone into center of cake for pumpkin stem. Using leaf decorating tip, pipe leaves onto 'pumpkin' with Decorator's Frosting.
Chocolate Coated Ice Cream Cone:
Place 1 cup HERSHEY'S SPECIAL DARK Chocolate Chips or HERSHEY'S Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips and 1 tablespoon shortening (do not use butter, margarine, spread or oil) in small microwave-safe bowl. Microwave at Medium (50%) 1 minute; stir. If necessary, microwave at Medium an additional 15 seconds at a time, stirring after each heating, just until chips are melted and mixture is smooth when stirred. Spoon melted chocolate over outside of flat-bottom ice cream cone. Refrigerate until chocolate is firm, about 30 minutes.
Orange Frosting:
Place 1/3 cup butter or margarine in microwave-safe bowl. Microwave at Medium (50%) 1 minute or until melted. Stir in 2 cups powdered sugar, 2 teaspoons freshly grated orange peel and 1-1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract. Stir in 2 to 4 tablespoons hot water for desired consistency. Stir in red and yellow food color for desired color.
Decorator's Frosting:
Combine 3 tablespoons water and 1 tablespoon meringue powder in small bowl. Add 1-1/2 cups powdered sugar and 1/8 teaspoon vanilla extract; beat on high speed of mixer until stiff. Stir in green food color for desired color.
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Nutrition FactsServings Per Container 12 servingsServing size 1 slice (181g)Amount per servingCalories610% Daily Value*Total Fat 27g 35%Saturated Fat 16g 80%Trans Fat 0.5gCholesterol 75mg 25%Sodium 540mg 23%Total Carbohydrates 95g 35%Dietary Fiber 2g 7%Total Sugars 75gIncludes 72g Added Sugar 144%Protein 7gVitamin D 0 0%Calcium 21mg 2%Iron 3mg 15%Potassium 107mg 2%
* The % Daily Value tells you how much a nutrient in a serving of food contributes to a daily diet 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutritional advice.
