Description
This Halloween Monster Mash Cake is a vibrant, festive dessert that combines delicious flavors with a spooky theme, perfect for your Halloween celebrations.
Ingredients
Scale
- 3/4 cup unsalted butter
- softened
- 1 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1 tablespoon vanilla bean paste
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3 eggs
- room temperature
- 1 cup milk
- 2 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- green gel food coloring
- purple gel food coloring
- 1 cup unsalted butter
- 2 1/2 cups powdered sugar
- 1 tablespoon heavy whipping cream
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- black gel food coloring
- Sprinkle mix
- I used Sweets and Treats Sweet Sprinkles Mix: Dragon Dreams
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350°F (175°C) and grease your cake pans.
- In a large mixing bowl, cream together the softened butter and granulated sugar until light and fluffy.
- Add the vanilla bean paste, vanilla extract, and eggs, mixing until fully incorporated.
- In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, and salt.
- Gradually add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients, alternating with the milk, until just combined.
- Divide the batter into two bowls. Add green gel food coloring to one bowl and purple gel food coloring to the other, mixing until the desired colors are achieved.
- Pour the green batter into one prepared cake pan and the purple batter into another. Bake for 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
- Let the cakes cool in the pans for 10 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.
- For the frosting, beat the unsalted butter until creamy, then gradually add the powdered sugar, heavy whipping cream, and vanilla extract until smooth. Add black gel food coloring to achieve the desired shade.
- Once the cakes are completely cooled, layer them with frosting in between and cover the entire cake with frosting. Decorate with the sprinkle mix.
Notes
Ensure the cakes are completely cool before frosting to prevent the frosting from melting. Adjust food coloring based on your desired vibrant shades.
- Prep Time: 25 minutes
- Cook Time: 35 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 slice
- Calories: 520 kcal
- Sugar: 49 g
- Sodium: 300 mg
- Fat: 28 g
- Saturated Fat: 17 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 9 g
- Trans Fat: 1 g
- Carbohydrates: 64 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 5 g
- Cholesterol: 105 mg
Keywords: Halloween Monster Mash Cake, Halloween dessert, spooky cake, festive cake, Halloween recipes