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Betty Crocker Kitchens Updated Aug 18, 2022

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Need a fun and spooky dessert for a Halloween celebration? This creatively decorated Frankenstein cake will be a hit! You don't have to be an artist to make your own easy Frankenstein cake, either—a few icing details, and you've got yourself a monstrously sweet dessert that's all treat and no trick.

Halloween Monster Cake

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• Prep Time 45 min
• Total 2 hr 0 min
• Servings 12
• Ingredients 7

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Ingredients

• 1 box Betty Crocker™ Super Moist™ Chocolate Fudge Cake Mix
• Water, vegetable oil and eggs called for on cake mix box
• 1 tub (16 oz) Betty Crocker™ Rich & Creamy Creamy White Frosting
• Black food color
• Betty Crocker™ green neon gel food color
• Betty Crocker™ black decorating icing (from 4.25-oz tube)
• 2 pieces black string licorice (5 to 6 inch)

Make With Betty Crocker Cake Mix

Instructions

• Step 1 Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or nonstick pan). Make and bake cake as directed on box for 13x9-inch pan. Cool 10 minutes. Run knife around sides of pan to loosen cake; remove from pan to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 1 hour.
• Step 2 Place cake, bottom side up, on large platter or foil-covered cookie sheet. Remove 2 tablespoons of white frosting from container; set aside. Remove one-third of the frosting (about 1/2 cup) to small bowl. Tint black; set aside. Tint remaining frosting neon green. Frost sides and top of cake with neon green frosting.
• Step 3 Using picture as a guide, use decorating icing with a round tip to outline hair. Add licorice pieces for eyebrows. Use reserved white frosting to form eyes. Use icing to outline remaining facial features. Spread black frosting within the outlines to fill in the hair. Store loosely covered.

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