Name: So-Easy-It's-Spooky Bat Cake
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 25 min
Yield: 1
Ingredients: 1 devil's food or orange cake mix (regular size) -; 1 teaspoon orange food coloring, optional -; ORANGE FROSTING: -; 4-2/3 cups confectioners' sugar -; 1 cup butter, softened -; 2 teaspoons vanilla extract -; Orange food coloring -; 6 to 7 tablespoons 2% milk -; CHOCOLATE FROSTING: -; 4 cups confectioners' sugar -; 2/3 cup baking cocoa, sifted -; 1 cup butter, softened -; 2 teaspoons vanilla extract -; 6 to 7 tablespoons 2% milk -; 10 peanut butter cups, finely chopped -; Dutch-processed cocoa or confectioners' sugar -

Recipe information

Cooking:

25 min.

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Ingredients for - So-Easy-It's-Spooky Bat Cake

1. 1 devil's food or orange cake mix (regular size) -

2. 1 teaspoon orange food coloring, optional -

3. ORANGE FROSTING: -

4. 4-2/3 cups confectioners' sugar -

5. 1 cup butter, softened -

6. 2 teaspoons vanilla extract -

7. Orange food coloring -

8. 6 to 7 tablespoons 2% milk -

9. CHOCOLATE FROSTING: -

10. 4 cups confectioners' sugar -

11. 2/3 cup baking cocoa, sifted -

12. 1 cup butter, softened -

13. 2 teaspoons vanilla extract -

14. 6 to 7 tablespoons 2% milk -

15. 10 peanut butter cups, finely chopped -

16. Dutch-processed cocoa or confectioners' sugar -

How to cook deliciously - So-Easy-It's-Spooky Bat Cake

1. Stage

Prepare and bake cake mix according to package directions, using two 9-in. round baking pans. If preparing orange cake, add orange food coloring. Cool as package directs.

2. Stage

For bat design, cut a bat pattern from card stock. Wrap with foil.

3. Stage

For devil's food cake, prepare orange frosting by beating confectioners’ sugar, butter, vanilla, food coloring and enough milk to reach a spreading consistency. For orange cake, prepare chocolate frosting by beating confectioners’ sugar, cocoa, butter, vanilla and enough milk for spreading.

4. Stage

Using a long serrated knife, trim tops of cakes if domed. Place 1 cake layer on a serving plate. Spread with 1 cup frosting; sprinkle with chopped candies. Top with remaining cake layer, bottom side up. Spread remaining frosting over top and sides of cake. Refrigerate until set, about 30 minutes.

5. Stage

Lay bat pattern on top of cake. Using a fine-mesh strainer, sift Dutch-processed cocoa or confectioners' sugar over frosting. Lift pattern carefully to remove.