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Get ready to wow your guests with these 42 easy Halloween cake ideas! From creepy crawly designs to ghoulishly fun decorations, these cakes are perfect for adding a spooky touch to your Halloween party. Whether you’re a baking pro or just looking for some simple inspiration, these creative cakes are sure to impress! 🕸️👻 #HalloweenCakes #SpookyTreats #HalloweenParty
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EASY Halloween Cake Recipes
Ready to bake up some spooky fun? These Halloween cakes are colorful, creepy, and guaranteed to bring smiles (and maybe a few giggles) to your ghostly gathering. Whether you’re planning a party for little monsters or just want a fun kitchen project for the family, these cakes are the perfect way to add some sweet scare to your celebration.
We’ve rounded up everything from cheerful Frankensteins to candy corn cuties and cakes that look like they’ve come straight out of a haunted bakery. Don’t worry—some are super simple with store-bought shortcuts, and others are ideal for those who love to go all-out with decorating. One thing’s for sure: these Halloween cake ideas are all treat, no trick!

10 Top Tips for Halloween Cakes
Have Fun With It!
Halloween cakes are meant to be silly, spooky, and playful—don’t worry about perfection. The messier, the better sometimes!
Start with a Cake You Love
Don’t overthink the flavor—chocolate, vanilla, red velvet, or even boxed mix works great. The spooky magic is all in the decorating!
Use Halloween-Inspired Colors
Think bold and bright: black, orange, green, purple, and candy corn yellow. Gel food coloring gives you the most vibrant results without watering down your batter or frosting.
Make It a Monster (Literally)
Create characters like Frankenstein, mummies, or ghosts using buttercream, candy eyes, and simple piping techniques. No sculpting skills needed!
Candy Makes Everything Better
Decorate with Halloween sweets like candy corn, mini chocolate bars, or gummy worms for an easy wow-factor—perfect for last-minute decorating.
Use a Bundt Pan for a Boo-tiful Base
A Bundt cake makes a great spooky shape with minimal effort—just drizzle with colored icing or add some plastic spiders for drama.
Try a Surprise Inside
Swirl food coloring into your batter or layer different colors to get a Halloween-themed reveal when you slice the cake—kids love it!
Add Texture with Piping Tips
Use a star tip for mummy “bandages” or grass tip for monster fur. Even beginners can get great effects with a little practice!
Make It Ahead
Most Halloween cakes can be baked the day before and decorated the morning of your party—just store them covered in a cool room.
Store-Bought Shortcuts Are Totally Allowed
Use ready-made frosting, cake toppers, or edible eyes to keep things easy if you’re short on time (or energy!).
Halloween Cake Inspo
From spooky drips to candy-covered monsters, these Halloween cakes are perfect for parties, school treats, or just a fun baking night at home!
Spooky Eyeball Halloween Cake

Spooky Eyeball Halloween Cake – We’ve got this thing going on right now where we LOVE googly eyes on Halloween cookies, and cupcakes and now this cake!
Salted Caramel Apple Snickers Cake

Half Baked Harvest – Wait a minute. Did someone say Salted Caramel Apple Snickers Cake? Oh my word. I might just have died and gone to candy apple Halloween cake heaven!
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Halloween Bundt Cake

Halloween Bundt Cake – Creepy colours all swirled together inside a bundt cake and drizzled with gooey frosting equals the perfect Halloween cake for a kid’s party!
Bloody Halloween Cake

Bloody Halloween Cake – If you’re trying to plan a Halloween party and your tween boy is acting like the whole thing is far too babyish for him to bother with… show him this cake!
Candy Corn Chocolate Chip Cookie Cake

Candy Corn Chocolate Chip Cookie Cake – Who doesn’t love a giant chocolate cookie? Especially when it’s turned into a cake and laced with candy corns. Oh my!
Frankenstein’s Monster Cake

Frankenstein’s Monster Cake – Isn’t he just the most adorable Frankenstein’s Monster you have ever seen? Love the twix as the bolts in the side of his head!
Vintage Halloween Cake

Vintage Halloween Cake – Wow how fabulous is this cake? Love that it is so simple with that white meringue frosting but add some black and white straws and mini bunting and you’ve got yourself a really striking Halloween cake!
Chocolate Chip Cake-Halloween Mummy Cake Recipe

Chocolate Chip Cake-Halloween Mummy Cake Recipe – If you’re looking for an easy Halloween cake that the kids can make with you then this is it. Super simple but super effective!
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How to Make a Halloween Decorated Cake Roll

How to Make a Halloween Decorated Cake Roll – Wow! I don’t think I’ve ever seen anything like this before… a cake roll that’s decorated on the outside!
Black Velvet Cake

Black Velvet Cake – Are you drooling right now? Because I am! Oh my goodness this cake is not going to last too long in our house this Halloween!
Candy Corn Cake

Candy Corn Cake – October wouldn’t be October without Candy Corn right? Which is why we know you will love this cake!
Black and White Tuxedo Bug Cake

You’ll Bug Out Over our Black and White Tuxedo Cake – Oh my goodness this cake looks absolutely beautiful… until you notice the bugs crawling all over it! The kids will LOVE this!
Halloween Monster Cake

Halloween Monster Cake – How amazing is this Frankenstein Monster Cake? And no one has to know that you made it using a Betty Crocker Cake Mix! Shhh!
Halloween Marbled Cake

Halloween Marbled Cake – From the outside this might just look like your typical chocolate covered Halloween cake. But when you cut it open your guests are in for a colourful surprise!
Bloody Halloween Maple Cinnamon Cake

Bloody Halloween Maple Cinnamon Cake by Milk, Chai & Honey
Haunted Bone Church Halloween Cake

Haunted Bone Church Halloween Cake by Lil Cupcake Monkey
Panna Cotta Brain

Panna Cotta Brain by A Queen in the Kitchen
Halloween Edition Chocolate Oreo Cake

Halloween Edition Chocolate Oreo Cake by Ana’s Baking Chronicles
Halloween Candy Cake

Halloween Candy Cake by Cake Whiz
Halloween Twizzler Cake

Halloween Twizzler Cake by Cake Whiz
Candy Corn Cheesecake

Candy Corn Cheesecake by A Bajillion Recipes
Spooky Purple Velvet Cake

Spooky Purple Velvet Cake by Lila Ruth Grain Free
Vertical Layer Pumpkin Orange Chocolate Cake

Vertical Layer Pumpkin Orange Chocolate Cake by All That Jas
Halloween Skull and Dagger Cake

Halloween Skull and Dagger Cake by Culinary Ginger
Monochrome Cake

Monochrome Cake by Domestic Gothess
Rise from the Dead Mocha Meringue Cake

Rise from the Dead Mocha Meringue Cake by B Sweet
Peekaboo Pumpkin Chocolate Loaf

Peekaboo Pumpkin Chocolate Loaf by Love in My Oven
Spookalicious Checkerboard Gluten Free Halloween Cake with Marshmallow Ghosts

Spookalicious Checkerboard Gluten Free Halloween Cake with Marshmallow Ghosts by The Loopy Whisk
Halloween Sugar Cookie Cake

Halloween Sugar Cookie Cake by Lil’ Luna
Spiderweb Chocolate Tart

Spiderweb Chocolate Tart by Life, Love and Sugar
Marshmallow Spiderweb Cake

Marshmallow Spiderweb Cake by The Cake Blog
Bloody Good Cheesecake

Bloody Good Cheesecake by Sugar Dish Me
Halloween Pumpkin Cake

Halloween Pumpkin Cake by Mom Loves Baking
Candy Corn Cake

Candy Corn Cake by Make Fabulous Cakes
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X Ray Vision

X Ray Vision by Country Living
Monster Eye Cake

Monster Eye Cake by The Cake Blog
Oreo Spiders Cake

Oreo Spiders Cake by Bird on a Cake
Glowing Ghost Cake

Glowing Ghost Cake by King Arthur Flour
Sweet Ghost Cake Topper

Sweet Ghost Cake Topper by My Cake School
Halloween Bundt Cake

Halloween Bundt Cake by More or Less Cooking
Chocolate Peanut Butter Swirl Halloween Cake

Chocolate Peanut Butter Swirl Halloween Cake by Elizabeth’s Kitchen Diary
Chocolate Skull Cake with Hidden Strawberry Jello Brain

Chocolate Skull Cake with Hidden Strawberry Jello Brain by The Flavor Bender

