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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
We’ve been on a bit of a baking spree here in recent days, sharing some delicious ideas for Halloween cupcake and cookie recipes. But today we’re onto the main event…. The Halloween Cake!
After all if you are hosting a party this October 31 you need something incredible to act as a centrepiece and amaze your guests.
The good news is that while these cakes look amazing they’re not super complicated (because who has time for that!). Here are our favourite Easy Halloween Cake Recipes – that look like they took more effort than they did! We’ve got everything from spooky eyeballs and candy apples to Halloween monster cakes!
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