20 Best Halloween Cakes to Make This Fall
Chocolate Pumpkin Cake with Brown Butter Frosting
Mounted on wire, knotted ribbon transforms into a batch of inky bats. Don't let the toppers distract you from the true star of this chocolatey-pumpkin cake, though: the creamy brown butter frosting.
Get the recipe at Good Housekeeping »
What you'll need: black ribbon ($$, amazon.com)
Get the recipe at Good Housekeeping »
What you'll need: black ribbon ($$, amazon.com)
Buried Alive Cake
Crawling with (plastic) arachnids and topped with a layer of chocolate dirt, this layer cake practically screams "IT'S ALIVE!"
Get the recipe at Country Living »
What you'll need: plastic spiders ($, amazon.com)
Get the recipe at Country Living »
What you'll need: plastic spiders ($, amazon.com)
Chocolate Filled Pumpkins
Filled with not one but two kinds of chocolate (milk and white chocolate ganache!), these mini pumpkin cakes are the perfect individual dessert idea.
Get the recipe at Delish »
What you'll need: mini bundt cake pans ($$, amazon.com)
Get the recipe at Delish »
What you'll need: mini bundt cake pans ($$, amazon.com)
Chocolate Pumpkin Cake with Meringue Ghosts
Mini meringue ghosts turn a decadent chocolate and pumpkin cake into an Instagram-worthy centerpiece.
Get the tutorial at La Pêche Fraîche »
Get the tutorial at La Pêche Fraîche »
Candy Corn Tuxedo Cake
This candy corn-inspired dessert boasts four layers of flavor — vanilla, butter rum, orange and chocolate.
Get the recipe for Sprinkle Bakes »
Get the recipe for Sprinkle Bakes »
Pumpkin Chocolate Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
Layers of orange frosting and rich cocoa-pumpkin cake pay homage to Halloween's signature colors.
Get the recipe at Good Housekeeping »
Get the recipe at Good Housekeeping »
Cobweb Cake
Oh, what a tangled web we ... bake? Melted and stretched marshmallows create the cobweb effect on this two-tier white buttercream cake.
Get the recipe at Country Living »
What you'll need: black fondant ($$.99 for 24 oz., amazon.com)
Get the recipe at Country Living »
What you'll need: black fondant ($$.99 for 24 oz., amazon.com)
Purple and Black Layer Cake
The eery purple and jet black stripes of this darkest-ever chocolate and vanilla layer cake look pretty witchy to us.
Get the recipe at Sweetapolita »
What you'll need: sprinkles ($, amazon.com)
Get the recipe at Sweetapolita »
What you'll need: sprinkles ($, amazon.com)
Halloween Ombre Cake
Cut through this cake sugar ombré topping for an 7-layer gradient surprise inside.
Get the recipe at Sugar Hero »
What you'll need: 9-inch cake boards ($$ for 25, amazon.com)
Get the recipe at Sugar Hero »
What you'll need: 9-inch cake boards ($$ for 25, amazon.com)
Witch Cake
Calling all seasoned bakers: show off your fondant sorcery with this squashed witch black chocolate cake.
Get the recipe at Woman's Day »
What you'll need: black fondant ($$.99 for 24 oz., amazon.com)
Get the recipe at Woman's Day »
What you'll need: black fondant ($$.99 for 24 oz., amazon.com)
Meringue Bone Palace Cake
Graveyard or dessert? With these snapped meringue bones, it's kind of hard to tell the difference.
Get the recipe at Domestic Gothess »
What you'll need:piping bags ($$, amazon.com)
Get the recipe at Domestic Gothess »
What you'll need:piping bags ($$, amazon.com)
Over the Moon Cake
Topped with bat-shaped sugar cookies, this black and white cake is a dessert two-in-one.
Get the recipe for Country Living »
What you'll need: bat cookie cutters ($, amazon.com)
Get the recipe for Country Living »
What you'll need: bat cookie cutters ($, amazon.com)
Mini Mice Cakes
Eeeeeek, these red-velvet mouse cakes are a little too lifelike, with burning red eyes, curly tails and all.
Get the recipe at The Cake Blog »
What you'll need: mouse molds ($, amazon.com)
Get the recipe at The Cake Blog »
What you'll need: mouse molds ($, amazon.com)
Ouija Board Cake
Better ask the Ouija board if it's cool before taking another slice — we wouldn't want to anger any hungry spirits!
Get the recipe at Country Living »
Get the recipe at Country Living »
Spider Web Cake
We wouldn't mind getting stuck in this spider web — give us a fork, and we'll eat our way out of this chocolate and marshmallow dessert.
Get the recipe at Delish »
Get the recipe at Delish »
Pumpkin Spice Latte Cake
Espresso-infused buttercream brings the taste of the ubiquitous PSL to this "overgrown" pumpkin patch cake.
Get the recipe for Liv for Cake »
What you'll need: white fondant ($$, amazon.com)
Get the recipe for Liv for Cake »
What you'll need: white fondant ($$, amazon.com)
Pumpkin Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
What do you get when you put two carrot bundt cakes together and slather it all an orange cream cheese frosting? The world's tastiest pumpkin, of course!
Get the recipe at Woman's Day »
Get the recipe at Woman's Day »
Snake Cake
If minimal cakes are your thing, keep it sss-simple with this snake swirl detail.
Get the recipe at Country Living »
What you'll need: black nonpareils ($, amazon.com)
Get the recipe at Country Living »
What you'll need: black nonpareils ($, amazon.com)
Black Widow Spider Cake
Snakes not your thing? We don't blame you. Opt for this shimmery spider design, instead!
Get the recipe at Country Living »
What you'll need: black nonpareils ($, amazon.com)
Get the recipe at Country Living »
What you'll need: black nonpareils ($, amazon.com)
Trick or Treat Cake Sandwiches
Want to see our favorite trick? We can make our treats "disappear" in the blink of an eye, especially when they're as easy to eat as these cake sandwiches.
Get the recipe at Country Living »
What you'll need: Five-piece square cutter set ($$, amazon.com), 28-piece alphabet cutter set ($, nycake.com)
Get the recipe at Country Living »
What you'll need: Five-piece square cutter set ($$, amazon.com), 28-piece alphabet cutter set ($, nycake.com)
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