Ghosts in the Graveyard Cake Recipe

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This spooky cake is easy to make and fun to decorate. To save time, bake and freeze the brownies weeks in advance, then thaw at room temperature overnight before decorating.—Taste of Home Test Kitchen

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Ghosts in the Graveyard Cake Recipe

Prep: 1 hour Bake: 30 min. + cooling

Yield: 29 Servings

60 30 90

Ingredients

1 package fudge brownie mix (13-inch x 9-inch pan size)
1 package fudge brownie mix (8-inch square pan size)
3 pretzel rods
1 cup (6 ounces) semisweet chocolate chips, melted
6 ounces white candy coating, melted
3 lollipop sticks
6 chocolate jimmies
1 can (16 ounces) chocolate frosting
2/3 cup confectioners' sugar
1 tablespoon baking cocoa
Black paste food coloring
Vanilla frosting
1 cup chocolate wafer crumbs
1/4 cup flaked coconut, toasted

Directions

Line a 13-in. x 9-in. baking pan and an 8-in. square baking dish with foil and grease the foil. Prepare brownie batter and bake according to package directions, using prepared pans. Cool on wire racks.
Break pretzel rods into various sizes; dip into melted chocolate. Arrange into a tree shape on a waxed paper-lined baking sheet.
Place melted white candy coating in a heavy-duty resealable plastic bag; cut a small hole in a corner of bag. Outline three small ghosts on waxed paper. Fill in ghost outlines, adding a lollipop stick to each for support. Place jimmies on ghosts for eyes. Let dry completely.
Using foil, lift brownies out of pans. Discard foil; place 8-in. square brownie on a large serving plate for graveyard. Spread chocolate frosting over top and sides.
Cut remaining brownie into 3-in. x 1-1/2-in. tombstone shapes. Combine confectioners' sugar and cocoa; sprinkle over tombstones. With black food coloring, tint vanilla frosting gray; decorate tombstones.
Using toothpicks, insert three tombstones into graveyard. Insert tree into graveyard (support as needed with brownie scraps). Insert ghosts into graveyard; sprinkle with wafer crumbs for dirt and coconut for grass. Place remaining tombstones on a serving platter. Yield: 1 graveyard cake (9 servings) and 20 tombstones.

Originally published as Ghosts in the Graveyard Cake in Taste of Home's Holiday & Celebrations Cookbook Annual 2008, p243

Devilish Decorations

A slew of simple spooky decorations can set a spirited mood at your Halloween party. In addition to pumpkins and balloons, try these tricks.

With a black marker, draw ghostly eyes and mouths on old white sheets. Drape over the bristle ends of brooms and prop up against walls.

Cut out shapes of bats from black construction paper and suspend them from the ceiling with black thread and tape.

For an eerie glow, replace some of your regular lightbulbs with green or orange bulbs, which can be found at hardware and party supply stores.

Greet guests with spooky sounds from a purchased cassette or compact disc.

Pick up a bag of spider webbing from a party supply store. Place in corners throughout the house and attach black plastic spiders. Also scatter spiders on tables, mantels and counters.