Spooktacular Halloween Graveyard Cake
This is a great cake, perfect for halloween parties, that is a take-off of the stand-by graveyard pudding. I noticed pudding is less popular than cake, and of course, cake is more suited for parties, especially those with kids. You can use your choice of cake flavor, but pay attention to the cookie crumbs you use in that case so they are compatible flavors. You also probably wouldn't want to use chocolate icing with a pumpkin cake, but if you wanted a pumpkin frosting, that would be good, or else use vanilla.you can use whipped cream to make the ghosties, but be aware that if you do this, the cake needs to remain chilled, and the whipped cream does try to sag and run after awhile (so don't do that too far in advance). The marshmallow ghosties are more durable at room temp. Those are often sold near displays of halloween candy, not necessarily by the bags of marshmallows.
Steps
Preheat oven to 350f.
Mix together cake mix , water , oil , and eggs according to package directions.
If your package requires different ingredients to make cake , follow those instructions instead.
Grease and flour a glass 13x9-inch cake pan.
If you use a dark or coated pan , do your baking at 325f.
Pour batter into prepared pan and bake in a preheated oven for approx 35 minutes or until cake is done.
Allow cake to cool in the pan.
Spread frosting evenly on cooled cake.
Sprinkle frosting with crumbled cookies.
Using gel frostings , write sayings on 1 / 2 of the milano cookies.
Press 1 / 2 of cookie down into cake and icing to resemble a standing tombstone.
Arrange ghost marshmallows in a standing position on top of cake.
Scatter candies and / or sprinkles or sugars on cake to garnish.
Ingredients
cake mix, water, vegetable oil, eggs, oreo cookies, cookies, vanilla frosting, cake decorating gel, candy corn, colored sprinkles, decorative candies, marshmallows