Haunted Tree Halloween Cake
Details
- Time
- 3 hours
- Skill Level
- Intermediate
- Yields
- 1 cake
This spooky Halloween cake frosted with orange-colored vanilla icing and REESE’S Peanut Butter Cups Minis is sure to be a treat. Slice up and serve this chocolate cake at any costume party or monster bash.
Ingredients & Directions
- Prep Time
- 50 minutes
- Bake Time
- 34 minutes
- Cool Time
- 1 hour 30 minutes
Ingredients
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2 cupssugar
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1-3/4 cupsall-purpose flour
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3/4 cup
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1-1/2 tspsbaking powder
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1-1/2 tspsbaking soda
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1 tspsalt
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2eggs
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1 cupmilk
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1/2 cupvegetable oil
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2 tspsvanilla extract
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1 cupboiling water
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2 cansvanilla ready-to-spread frosting or your favorite homemade vanilla frosting, divided
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red and yellow food coloring
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1-1/3 cupsREESE'S Peanut Butter Cups Minis (8 oz pkg.), divided
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5 to 6 tspsHERSHEY'S Cocoa or HERSHEY’S SPECIAL DARK Cocoa
Step-By-Step Directions
Heat oven to 350°F. Grease and flour two 9-inch round baking pans.
Stir together sugar, flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt in large bowl. Add eggs, milk, oil and vanilla; beat on medium speed of mixer 2 minutes. Stir in boiling water (batter will be thin). Pour batter into prepared pans.
Bake 30 to 35 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes; remove from pans to wire rack. Cool completely.
Set aside 1/2 cup frosting. Tint remaining frosting to desired shade of orange with red and yellow food color.
Coarsely chop 1 cup mini peanut butter cups; set aside. Place first cake layer on serving plate; frost top of layer with about 3/4 cup frosting. Top with chopped peanut butter cups. Add second cake layer; complete frosting cake.
Add cocoa to reserved frosting; place in heavy duty (freezer) resealable food storage bag. Cut off tip of bag about 1/4 inch from one corner. Draw leafless tree and branches onto top of cake by piping chocolate frosting in desired design. Add remaining mini peanut butter cups as few remaining leaves on tree and as leaves that have already fallen to the ground. Makes 12 servings.
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Nutrition FactsServings Per Container 12 servingsServing size 1 slice (192g)Amount per servingCalories720% Daily Value*Total Fat 27g 35%Saturated Fat 9g 45%Trans Fat 0gCholesterol 40mg 13%Sodium 640mg 28%Total Carbohydrates 115g 42%Dietary Fiber 1g 4%Total Sugars 92gIncludes 91g Added Sugar 182%Protein 7gVitamin D 0mcg 0%Calcium 83mg 6%Iron 4mg 20%Potassium 115mg 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.
