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Halloween Traybake Cake
A fluffy black and orange traybake cake with white chocolate ghosts on top.
Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
25 mins
Total Time
40 mins
Servings:
12
slices
Calories:
476 kcal
Course:
Dessert
Cuisine:
American
Ingredients
Traybake cake
- 250 g butter softened
- 250 g caster sugar
- 1 Teaspoon vanilla extract
- 4 Medium egg
- 250 g self-raising flour
- 2 Tablespoons milk
- food colouring start with a small amount then add more as needed, Orange
- Purple food colouring
Black frosting
- 70 g butter softened
- 300 g icing sugar
- 1-2 Tablespoons milk
- 1 Teaspoon vanilla extract
- black food coloring
Decoration
- white chocolate homemade, ghosts
- Sprinkles I used Cake Decor Halloween spooky mix sprinkles and Dr. Oetker chocolate Halloween decorations, Halloween
- cake decorations I used Cake Decor Halloween spooky mix sprinkles and Dr. Oetker chocolate Halloween decorations, Halloween
Instructions
Traybake cake
- Preheat your oven to 180℃ (160℃ for fan ovens). Line an 8x10-inch tin with baking paper.
- In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar then stir in the vanilla extract.
- Mix in the eggs and flour, a little bit at a time, until you have a smooth cake batter. Add the milk as needed to loosen the batter.
- Divide the cake batter into two bowls. Stir the orange food colouring into one and the purple food colouring into the other.
- Place spoonfuls of cake batter into your tin, alternating the colours as you go. Then use a toothpick to briefly swirl them together (but not too much).
- Bake for 25-30 minutes until a toothpick comes out clean. Don't worry if the colours look a little faded- they'll still be super vibrant when you cut into the cake.
- Let the cake cool in the tin for around 10 minutes then flip it out onto a wire rack and leave to cool completely.
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Frosting
- Add the butter to a bowl and mix in the icing sugar a little bit at a time, using the milk to loosen it as needed.
- Stir in the vanilla extract and black food colouring.
- Spread the frosting over your cooled traybake cake. Top with white chocolate ghosts and other edible Halloween decorations.
Notes
- Store in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 5 days.
Nutrition Information
Serving
1slice
Calories
476kcal
(24%)
Carbohydrates
61g
(20%)
Protein
4g
(8%)
Fat
24g
(37%)
Saturated Fat
14g
(70%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
1g
(6%)
Monounsaturated Fat
6g
(30%)
Cholesterol
55mg
(18%)
Sodium
24mg
(1%)
Potassium
28mg
(1%)
Fiber
1g
(4%)
Sugar
47g
(94%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 12 slices
Amount Per Serving
Calories 476
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 1slice | |
| Calories | 476kcal | 24% |
| Carbohydrates | 61g | 20% |
| Protein | 4g | 8% |
| Fat | 24g | 37% |
| Saturated Fat | 14g | 70% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 1g | 6% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 6g | 30% |
| Cholesterol | 55mg | 18% |
| Sodium | 24mg | 1% |
| Potassium | 28mg | 1% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 47g | 94% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.