Halloween is one of my favorites, if not my favorite, holiday of all time. There’s the candy, the costumes, the decorations, the change of weather, that something in the air, the pumpkin carving, the hot cocoa, the themed food, it’s all amazing. I loved Halloween as a kid because my sisters and I would always dress up every year, and my mamma would take us around the neighborhood trick-or-treating and we’d all fight for the best candy, after she’d sort through it all to make sure there were no razor blades or opened candy. Then she’d hide our safe candy and only let us eat one piece a day, no more than that, like some kind of monster. My middle sister would always find the hiding spot, though, and then she’d coerce me into sneaking a few extra pieces with her (sorry mamma). Can we talk about how middle children are always the most sneaky and rebellious? Almost all of my mischievous memories as a kid involved my middle sister talking me into something. Now as an adult I love Halloween just as much, especially now, for very different reasons. Last year I actually got engaged on Halloween, so of course that makes it even more special for me.
I think we always need some kind of show-stopping dessert on a holiday. Pumpkin Pie Cake, Death By Chocolate Doughnuts, and Dark Chocolate Pot De Creme are all options for you to choose from. This year I’m adding this Halloween Frankenstein Cake to the mix. It might look difficult and you might think you can’t do it, but believe me, if I can do it, you most definitely can pull it off. It’s actually not that complicated at all. You just need a big batch of classic buttercream, a batch of chocolate buttercream, a few disposable pastry bags with a few tips (although you can do this with plastic food storage bags) and a bit of melted chocolate. You can totally make this with boxed cake mix and store-bought frosting if you’d like. I’m not judging. I follow a Magnolia Bakery cake decorator on instagram, and I saw in her stories that she made a cake like this at the bakery for an order, and I didn’t grab a screenshot of it in time before it disappeared so when I realized I wanted to make it, I had to do it from memory. All in all, I think I did pretty well, and I’m happy with this cute little cake that could. Bookmark this now and make it this weekend so that you can impress your family and friends or coworkers on Halloween.
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