9 Wild and Wacky Halloween Cakes - Halloween - Cooking

Wild and Wacky Halloween Cakes

No Comments | Written on October 31, 2011 at 5:00 pm, by The Editors

Franken-Faces

Take a store-bought pound cake, cut into single servings, and decorate. Far easier that cupcakes (and more clever than most cupcakes, too!)

Bat Cheesecake

Here’s a creamy two-toned cheesecake that’s gone a little batty.

Creepy-Creature Cake

A cake only a kid could really love (and we know plenty of seven-year-olds who would squeal with delight to see this!)

Coffin Confection

Have fun letting the kids help make this little green monster and his coffin bed — they’ll get a kick out of showing it to their friends at your Halloween party.

Scaredy-Cat Ice Cream Cake

A layer of chocolate brownies is topped by a layer of chocolate ice cream to form this delicious cake. Purrr

Jack-o’-Lantern Cake

It’s not that hard to make this cute jack-o’-lantern cake: baking store-bought cake mix in a round casserole dish does much of the work for you.

The Scariest Skull Cake

You’d have this expression, too, if you were staring back at all those hungry faces just waiting to gobble you up!

Wizard’s Hat Cake

Your kids will think you’re the wizard in disguise when you bring out this rich chocolate wizard’s hat.

Ghosts and Goblins in the Graveyard Cake

With the cake and cookies already made for you, you can really let your imagination fly tricking out this sweet graveyard

Costumes? Check. Candy? Check. Halloween cake? It may not be the first thing on your Halloween to-do list, but why let the kids have all the fun? Let your inner freak flag fly with one of these frightful Halloween cakes.

We know, we know — if you’re like us, you see these crazy sorts of confections on the covers of magazines in the checkout lane and think one thing: “Who has the time for that?” But really, Halloween is unlike any other holiday. Think about it: what other time of year is it even remotely acceptable to, say, serve a dessert with a bloody hand on top of it? What’s better is that these cakes aren’t only devilishly distinct (and delicious), they’re a lot easier to make than they look. Most take less than an hour to prepare and use store-bought cake mix or ready-make cakes, leaving you more time to get creative with the fun part — decorating!