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Dark Chocolate Fudge Cake : Murder House Halloween Cake

Devil's Food Cake with Black Cocoa Fudge Frosting, Garnished with Homemade Royal Icing Skeleton Sprinkles

Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Keyword Dark Chocolate Fudge, Devil's Food Cake, Fudge frosting, Halloween, layer Cake, Royal Icing
Prep Time 1 day
Cook Time 72 days
Resting time 2 hours
Servings 10

Ingredients

Royal Icing Bones & Skeleton Sprinkles

  • 1 Portion Royal Icing Recipe link above the recipe

Devil's Food Cake (3 x 8" Cake)

  • 240 gm All Purpose Flour 2 cups
  • 115 gm Butter (softened) 1 stick
  • 125 ml Oil 1/2 cup
  • 200 gm Dark Brown Sugar 1 cup
  • 4 L eggs
  • 75 gm Melted Dark/ bitter sweet chocolate
  • 65 gm Black Cocoa Powder 2/3 cup
  • 2 tsp Baking Powder
  • 2 tbsp Instant Coffee
  • 125 ml Hot Water 1/2 cup
  • 30 ml Milk 2 tbsps

Chocolate Fudge Frosting

  • 235 gm Butter 2 sticks
  • 300 gm Icing sugar 21/2 cups +/- 1-2 tbsp depending on the consistency you like
  • 35 gm Black Cocoa Powder 1/4 cup
  • 2-3 tbsp Cream / Milk

Chocolate Dirt

  • 1 portion Chocolate Dirt Recipe link in post

Instructions

Royal Icing Bones & Skeleton Sprinkles

  1. Follow the instructions from the DIY post. Instead of using colours just use plain white and draw away some bones! they don't have to be perfect.

Devil's Food Cake

  1. Preheat the oven to 350F / 180 C degrees, grease and line the cake tins with parchment paper.

  2. In a small bowl, add the hot water and coffee powder and keep it aside.

  3. Sift the flour, black cocoa and baking powder in a separate bowl.

  4. In a bowl fitted with paddle attachment of a stand mixer. Add the butter, sugar and oil in the bowl and beat until light and fluffy.

  5. Add and beat one egg at a time. Add the melted chocolate

  6. Add the dry ingredients in batches alternating with the hot coffee and the milk to the flour.

  7. Mix the batter completely and scrape the sides to ensure the ingredients are fully incorporated.

  8. Divide the batter into 3 batches and bake each for about 20 minutes. Once baked, let it cool on a cooling rack.

Chocolate Fudge Frosting

  1. Add the butter and half of the icing sugar and beat until light.

  2. Sift the black cocoa, rest of the icing sugar and whisk. Slowly add milk to desired consistency

  3. If the frosting feels too thick, add more milk or cream. If it is runny or too thin add more icing sugar.

Assembly

  1. On a cake board, add a dollop of chocolate fudge frosting. Place a layer of cake and add a layer of frosting on top of the cake.

  2. Repeat this for all layers. Crumb coat around the cake, let it chill in the refrigerator for 25-30 mins.

  3. Once the cake is cool and set, it's easier to cut out parts as needed. I cut out 2 rectangles for graves.

  4. Add some chocolate dirt that you made, add a few bones and skeletons

  5. Decorate as you wish and sky is the limit! make it creepy and make it spooky! afterall it is a murder house! I also added some bone sprinkles in a box to make it like a suitcase filled with body parts!!

  6. Chill for 30 mins and serve!