Spooktacular Cake (Halloween Cake)
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Spooktacular Cake (Halloween Cake)

Spooktacular Cake (Halloween Cake)

Halloween just got a little scarier -- and more yummy -- with a white cake sporting a friendly ghost.

Servings: 64 servings
Batter
INGREDIENT
WEIGHT
MEASURE
Water, cool approx. 72°F
3 lb 8.00 oz
7 cups
Gold Medal™ White Cake Mix (11132)
5 lb
1 box
Finishing
INGREDIENT
WEIGHT
MEASURE
Gold Medal™ Ready-To-Spread Vanilla Crème Icing (11216)
3 lb 8.00 oz
1/3 tub
Powdered sugar, sifted
1 lb
3 1/2 cups
Orange food coloring
4 drops
Gold Medal™ Ready-To-Spread Chocolate Fudge Icing (11215)
3 lb 8.00 oz
1/3 tub
Batter
  1. Pour 3 1/2 cups water and the cake mix into mixer bowl fitted with paddle attachment; mix on medium speed 2 minutes.
  2. Add remaining water gradually while mixing on low speed.
  3. Stop mixer, scrape bowl and paddle; mix on low speed an additional 2 minutes. DO NOT OVERMIX.
  4. Deposit batter into greased and parchment-lined full sheet pan.
  5. Bake as directed below and allow to cool completely.
BAKE:
TEMP
TIME
Convection Oven*
300°F
27-33 minutes
Standard Oven
350°F
30-35 minutes
*Rotate pans baked in convection oven one-half turn (180°) after 13 minutes of baking.
Finishing
  1. Reserve 2 cups of vanilla icing.
  2. Add remaining vanilla icing, powdered sugar and food coloring in mixer bowl with paddle attachment.
  3. Mix on low speed 2 minutes; stop mixer, scrape bowl and paddle.
  4. Level cake as necessary and ice entire cake with light orange icing. (If using an air brush, ice cake white and spray entire cake light orange.)
  5. Spread reserved vanilla icing in center of cake in ghost shape using metal spatula.
  6. Pipe chocolate icing (using #6 writing tip) onto the ghost to form two circles for eyes and a larger circle for mouth.
  7. Write the letters B-O-O on background and decorate as desired.
  8. Pipe white border around top edge of cake (or pipe bottom edge border if not serving in pan).
 
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Nutrition Information

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Serving Size:
1 Serving
Calories
390
Calories from Fat
110
% Daily Value
Total Fat
12g
18%
Saturated Fat
6g
31%
Trans Fat
0g
Cholesterol
0mg
0%
Sodium
370mg
15%
Total Carbohydrate
69g
23%
Dietary Fiber
0g
0%
Sugars
54g
Protein
2g
Vitamin A
0%
0%
Vitamin C
0%
0%
Calcium
0%
0%
Iron
6%
6%
Exchanges:
1/2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 4 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 2 1/2 Fat;
Carbohydrate Choice
4 1/2
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Nutrition values are calculated using the weights of ingredients.

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