Description
A decadent chocolate cake topped with eerie ghost-shaped decorations, perfect for Halloween or any spooky celebration.
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 cups sugar
- 3/4 cup cocoa powder
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1.5 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 cup milk
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 2 eggs
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 cup boiling water
- 2 cups white chocolate (for ghosts)
- Black icing (for ghost faces)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C)
- Mix dry ingredients in large bowl
- Add milk, oil, eggs and vanilla. Mix well
- Slowly add boiling water while stirring
- Pour batter into greased cake pans
- Bake for 30-35 minutes
- Let cool completely
- Melt white chocolate and pipe ghost shapes
- Add black icing faces when chocolate sets
Notes
- Cake can be made 1 day ahead
- Store ghosts separately until serving
- Use piping bag with small tip for ghost details
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 35 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 slice
- Calories: 420
- Sugar: 45g
- Sodium: 380mg
- Fat: 18g
- Saturated Fat: 6g
- Unsaturated Fat: 10g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 65g
- Fiber: 3g
- Protein: 6g
- Cholesterol: 45mg
