PEEPS® Ghosts in a Graveyard Cake Recipe

Name: PEEPS® Ghosts in a Graveyard Cake
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 1 h 30 min
Total time: 2 h 10 min
Yield: 12 servings
Ingredients: 1 box Betty Crocker™ Super Moist™ devil’s food cake mix; Water, oil and eggs called for on cake mix box; Betty Crocker™ black decorating gel or icing; Betty Crocker™ orange or white decorating gel or icing; 4 oval-shaped chocolate-filled vanilla sandwich cookies; 3 miniature chocolate candy bars; 1 container Betty Crocker™ Rich & Creamy chocolate frosting; 1/2 cup chocolate cookie crumbs; 4 PEEPS® brand marshmallow ghosts; 4 toothpicks; 58 pretzel sticks

Ingredients

1 box Betty Crocker™ Super Moist™ devil’s food cake mix
Water, oil and eggs called for on cake mix box
Betty Crocker™ black decorating gel or icing
Betty Crocker™ orange or white decorating gel or icing
4 oval-shaped chocolate-filled vanilla sandwich cookies
3 miniature chocolate candy bars
1 container Betty Crocker™ Rich & Creamy chocolate frosting
1/2 cup chocolate cookie crumbs
4 PEEPS® brand marshmallow ghosts
4 toothpicks
58 pretzel sticks

	PREP TIME 40m	COOK TIME 1h30m	TOTAL TIME 2h10m
YIELD 12 servings

Instructions

Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or nonstick pans). Spray 2 (8- or 9-inch) round cake pans with cooking spray. Line bottoms of pans with cooking parchment paper, if desired, to prevent sticking.
Make and bake cake as directed on box for two 8- or 9-inch round cake pans. Cool in pans 10 minutes. Remove from pans to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 1 hour. Meanwhile, use black and orange gel or icing to write RIP on oval-shaped cookies and miniature candy bars; set aside.
On serving plate, place 1 cake layer, rounded side down. Frost top of cake layer with about 1/3 cup of the chocolate frosting. Top with second layer, rounded side up. Frost side and top of cake with remaining frosting.
Sprinkle chocolate cookie crumbs on top of cake to make dirt. Insert cookies and candy bars into top of cake for tombstones. Insert 1 end of toothpick into bottom of each ghost-shaped marshmallow. Insert other end into top of cake.
Break 8 of the pretzel sticks into thirds. Use whole pretzels and pretzel thirds to make a fence around edge of cake as shown in photo.

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