Halloween Dessert: Spooky Bundt Cake
I love a good Halloween recipe and this spooky bundt cake recipe has been a favorite of ours for years – my kids call it the cake with ghosts in it!
Spooky Bundt Cake
You might remember my 4th of July Bundt Cake recipe, it has been pretty popular.
I am really excited to share with you our Halloween version, which turned out pretty cool!
To make this Spooky Bundt cake, just follow the instructions below.
You will have fun figuring out your design and of course the very best part is cutting into your cake to find out what your ghosts and goblins look like!
Spooky Bundt Cake Ingredients
Unsalted butter, room temp
Egg whites
Eggs
Four
Baking powder
Salt
Baking soda
Buttermilk
Sugar
Vanilla
Neon orange,neon purple, and black gel food coloring
How to make a Halloween Bundt Cake
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Prep bundt cake pan.
Sift flour, baking powder, salt, and baking soda together in a bowl.
Beat butter on high for 30 seconds.
Add sugar and vanilla extract to the butter until well combined.
Mix in egg whites, one at a time, mixing after each.
Add eggs, one at a time, mixing after each.
Add 1/3 C flour mixture to the wet mixture followed by adding 1/3 C of the buttermilk; add 1/3 C flour mixture again then add 1/3 C buttermilk mix on low speed, add 1/3 C of flour and add the rest of 1/3 C of buttermilk mix in low speed until thoroughly blended.
Divide the batter into three bowls…. add black gel food coloring to one…. add neon orange gel food coloring to the second and add the neon purple gel food coloring to the third bowl. Stir well.
Spray the bundt pan with cooking spray.
Begin by spooning in some of the black batter then the neon green next the neon orange and black on top.
Bake the cake at 350 degrees for 30-35 minutes or until an inserted toothpick comes out clean.
Allow the cake to cool in the pan for about 20 minutes then remove the cake from the Bundt pan and place on a wire rack until completely cooled.
How to make designs in your Bundt Cake Batter
Have fun with it. We love to try to make creepy ghost faces in ours.
All you do is start to pour the black batter in a design on the top of the bundt cake batter.
The color soaks in. You can do designs at any point in adding batter to the bundt pan.
Just do not do designs on the bottom no one will see it.
Frosting Ingredients
Unsalted butter
Powder sugar
Heavy whipping cream
Black, neon purple, and neon orange gel food coloring
How to make Halloween Frosting
Cream the butter and powder sugar until it looks light and creamy.
If it doesn’t cream add several drops of the heavy whipping cream until it creams. Once the frosting has the right consistency then divide it into 3 bowls.
In each of the three bowls add several drops of gel food coloring. 1 st bowl add black, 2nd bowl add neon purple, 3rd bowl add neon orange. After each color addition stir well to mix the colors.
When the colors are right, starting with the black frosting using a spoon drizzle the frosting on the cake. Allow the black frosting to dry. Then repeat the process with the neon purple frosting. Lastly, repeat the frosting process with the neon orange frosting.
Allow all frosting to dry on the cake.
Print the Recipe for this Spooky Halloween Bundt Cake
Spooky Bundt Cake
Perfect for your Halloween party, this spooky bundt cake recipe will be a hit. It will look awesome on your party table and also tastes delicious and guests will also love the creepy looking insides!
Ingredients
Cake Ingredients:
- 1/2 C unsalted butter, room temp
- 2 egg whites
- 2 eggs
- 2 C flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp baking soda
- 3/4 C buttermilk
- 1 1/2 C sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla
- Neon orange,neon purple, and black gel food coloring
Frosting Ingredients:
- 1 C soft unsalted butter
- 4 + C powder sugar
- 4 TBSP heavy whipping cream
- Black, neon purple, and neon orange gel food coloring
Instructions
!Cake Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Prep bundt cake pan.
Sift flour, baking powder, salt, and baking soda together in a bowl.
Beat butter on high for 30 seconds.
Add sugar and vanilla extract to the butter until well combined.
Add egg whites, one at a time, mixing after each.
Add eggs, one at a time, mixing after each.
Add 1/3 C flour mixture to the wet mixture followed by adding 1/3 C of the buttermilk; add 1/3 C flour mixture again then add 1/3 C buttermilk mix on low speed, add 1/3 C of flour and add the rest of 1/3 C of buttermilk mix in low speed until thoroughly blended.
Divide the batter into three bowls.... add black gel food coloring to one.... add neon orange gel food coloring to the second and add the neon purple gel food coloring to the third bowl. Stir well.
Spray the bundt pan with Pam spray.
Begin by spooning in some of the black batter then the neon green next the neon orange and black on top.
Bake the cake at 350 degrees for 30-35 minutes or until an inserted toothpick comes out clean.
Allow the cake to cool in the pan for about 20 minutes then remove the cake from the Bundt pan and place on a wire rack until completely cooled.
!Making designs in your batter
Have fun with it. We love to try to make creepy ghost faces in ours. All you do is start to pour the black batter in a design on the top of the bundt cake batter. The color soaks in. You can do designs at any point in adding batter to the bundt pan. Just do not do designs on the bottom no one will see it.
!Frosting Directions:
Cream the butter and powder sugar until it looks light and creamy.
If it doesn't cream add several drops of the heavy whipping cream until it creams. Once the frosting has the right consistency then divide it into 3 bowls.
In each of the three bowls add several drops of gel food coloring. 1 st bowl add black, 2nd bowl add neon purple, 3rd bowl add neon orange. After each color addition stir well to mix the colors.
When the colors are right, starting with the black frosting using a spoon drizzle the frosting on the cake. Allow the black frosting to dry. Then repeat the process with the neon purple frosting. Lastly, repeat the frosting process with the neon orange frosting.
Allow all frosting to dry on the cake.
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Very cute! How much baking soda?
Love the colors! Very cute!
Yet another great recipe to encourage me to break out the bundt cake!
Thanks for the inspiration!
Michelle
Looks awesome. Thank you for sharing with us at #HomeMattersParty. See you again next week.
I love how colourful this cake is, it looks fantastic!
OMG so cute, totally pinning this! xo
This cake looks like so much fun!
So bright and colorful. Perfect for the Halloween party or table. Posting to my FB peeps.
Yum, I love this Halloween cake!!
Happy Fall,
Kippi
I like this Halloween cake. Thanks for sharing I will make it soon.
Hugs,
Fabby