So-Easy-It’s-Spooky Bat Cake
TOTAL TIME: Prep: 25 min. + chilling Bake: 25 min. + cooling
YIELD: 16 servings.
This gorgeous dessert starts with a boxed cake mix. Then it’s an easy and magical trick to make the bat silhouette with cocoa. —Crystal Schlueter, Babbitt, Minnesota
Ingredients
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1 devil's food or orange cake mix (regular size)
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1 teaspoon orange food coloring, optional
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ORANGE FROSTING:
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4-2/3 cups confectioners' sugar
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1 cup butter, softened
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2 teaspoons vanilla extract
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Orange food coloring
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6 to 7 tablespoons 2% milk
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CHOCOLATE FROSTING:
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4 cups confectioners' sugar
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2/3 cup baking cocoa, sifted
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1 cup butter, softened
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2 teaspoons vanilla extract
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6 to 7 tablespoons 2% milk
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10 peanut butter cups, finely chopped
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Dutch-processed cocoa or confectioners' sugar
Directions
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1.
Prepare and bake cake mix according to package directions, using two 9-in. round baking pans. If preparing orange cake, add orange food coloring. Cool as package directs.
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2.
For bat design, cut a bat pattern from card stock. Wrap with foil.
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3.
For devil's food cake, prepare orange frosting by beating confectioners’ sugar, butter, vanilla, food coloring and enough milk to reach a spreading consistency. For orange cake, prepare chocolate frosting by beating confectioners’ sugar, cocoa, butter, vanilla and enough milk for spreading.
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4.
Using a long serrated knife, trim tops of cakes if domed. Place 1 cake layer on a serving plate. Spread with 1 cup frosting; sprinkle with chopped candies. Top with remaining cake layer, bottom side up. Spread remaining frosting over top and sides of cake. Refrigerate until set, about 30 minutes.
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5.
Lay bat pattern on top of cake. Using a fine-mesh strainer, sift Dutch-processed cocoa or confectioners' sugar over frosting. Lift pattern carefully to remove.
Nutrition Facts
1 slice: 470 calories, 23g fat (10g saturated fat), 67mg cholesterol, 424mg sodium, 63g carbohydrate (48g sugars, 2g fiber), 5g protein.
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