Graveyard Cake
This Graveyard Cake is the perfect combination of creepy and delicious, and it’s guaranteed to be a hit at your next spooky gathering.
Ingredients
- 1 box chocolate cake mix plus ingredients required on the box: eggs, oil, water
- 1 tub pre-made chocolate frosting
- Kit-Kats for fence posts
- Milano cookies for tombstones
- Black gel icing for writing on tombstones
- Candy bones candy pumpkins (for decoration)
- 1 cup shredded coconut
- Green food coloring
- 10-12 Oreo cookies for dirt
Instructions
Bake the Cake:
- Preheat your oven according to the directions on the cake mix box. Use any size pan you would like or cupcakes could be fun, too.
- Bake as directed, then allow it to cool completely.
Frost the Cake:
- Once the cake is cooled, spread an even layer of chocolate frosting over the surface.
Make the Oreo Dirt:
- Place Oreo cookies in a plastic bag and crush them into fine crumbs using a rolling pin or food processor to create the "dirt."
- *I like to use my Rotary Grater for this step but if you don’t have that whatever you come up with is fine.
- Sprinkle the Oreo "dirt" over the entire cake, focusing more on the graveyard section.
Create the "Grass":
- In a bowl, mix the shredded coconut with a few drops of green food coloring until it resembles grass.
- Sprinkle the green coconut over one corner or section of the cake to represent a grassy patch.
Tombstones:
- Use black gel icing to write “RIP” or other spooky messages on the tops of the Milano cookies.
- Press the Milano cookies into the Oreo "dirt" to stand upright like tombstones.
Build the Fence:
- Break Kit-Kats into individual sticks and place them around the edges of the cake as the fence.
Decorate the Graveyard:
- Scatter candy bones around the tombstones for extra spookiness.
- Place candy pumpkins around the fence or tombstones for decoration.
Finishing Touches:
- Add more Oreo "dirt" around the tombstones for a freshly dug grave effect, and scatter a few candy bones on top.
- Refrigerate until ready to serve.