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Pumpkin and Ghost Halloween Mini Cakes

Pumpkin and Ghost Halloween Mini Cakes
Pumpkin and Ghost Halloween Mini Cakes are perfect for bringing along to a Halloween party or passing out at home to friends and family this fall! Small enough to hold in your hand but decadent and flavorful enough to warrant a fork! Try baking a batch of these instead of some regular chocolate cupcakes for Halloween, you can thank us later.
  • Prep1 hr 45 min
  • Total Time3 hr 30 min
  • Skill LevelBeginner
    Amount6 mini cakes

Ingredients

  • Favorite Cake Mix or Try Our Chocolate Cake Recipe

  • Lemon Yellow Icing Color, 1 oz.

  • Easy Vanilla Buttercream Frosting Recipe

  • Black Food Coloring Icing Color, 1 oz.

  • Rose Icing Colors Pink Food Coloring, 1 oz.

  • Orange Icing Color, 1 oz.

  • Sky Blue Food Coloring, 1 oz.

  • Tools

  • Scissors

  • Halloween Ghost and Pumpkin Mini Cake Pan, 6-Cavity

  • Black Angled Icing Spatula, 9-Inch

  • Round Cake Decorating Tip 3

  • Chrome Plated Cooling Grid, 14.5 x 20 Inch

  • 12-Inch Disposable Decorating Bags, 12-Count

  • Decorating Piping Tip Set (Standard Round Tip 8 used)

Instructions

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  1. Bake cakes. Prepare batter following recipe directions. Bake and cool cakes completely. Remove from pan. Can also use brownie mix or recipe.
  2. Tint frosting and prepare decorating bags. Divide frosting into ½ cups each and tint rose, blue, yellow, orange and black. Separately place rose, blue, yellow and orange frostings in decorating bags with tip 8. Place ¼ cup black icing in a decorating bag with tip 3.
  3. Decorate cakes. Use colored frostings and tip 8 to pipe frosting on halloween mini cakes. Smooth with spatula. Use black icing and tip 3 to pipe facial features. Smooth with spatula.

Notes

How To

  • Buttercream Frosting Consistency

    Whether you’re frosting a cake or piping decorations, the consistency of the frosting is key to getting the right results. Thankfully, it’s easy to take your buttercream from stiff to soft consistency, and the other way around!

  • How to Prepare a Decorating Bag

    Decorating with a bag and tip is one of the most fundamental skills in cake and dessert decorating. Here are some basics to get you started.

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