Halloween Chocolate Pumpkin Cake
Halloween Chocolate Pumpkin Cake | This cake will be a hit at your Halloween party. It not only delivers in flavor but also adds a touch of creepiness to your party table. Scroll down for my secret chocolate ingredient.
A decadent chocolate pumpkin cake covered in a creamy fluffy cinnamon cream cheese frosting and dripping with delicious dark chocolate. Add a few creepy spiders for the perfect Halloween cake. Or……take off the spiders for a delicious spicy chocolate pumpkin fall cake.
Add a layer of the cinnamon cream cheese frosting.
Pour my secret ingredient on top of the frosted cake and spread only the top.
Pour the remaining chocolate into a squeeze bottle and drip along the edges.
I used dark chocolate candy melts (from Wilton) for my chocolate drizzle. It’s super easy to do and creates a yummy hard chocolate shell (scroll down to the recipe for the directions). Use the melted candy as glue for the spider web and spiders. I purchased the spider web a couple of years ago from my bakery store. I searched and couldn’t find a link for you anywhere. If you add a large spider that should do the trick.
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Halloween Chocolate Pumpkin Cake
Ingredients
For the Chocolate Pumpkin Cake:
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2/3 cup unsweetened cocoa
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup buttermilk
- 1 cup canned pumpkin
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 3/4 cup butter, softened
- 1 cup dark brown sugar
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 3 large eggs, plus one yolk
For the Spicy Chocolate Frosting:
- 1 (8 ounce) cream cheese, softened
- 1 3/4 cups confectioners' sugar
- 2 1/4 teaspoons cocoa
- 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
For the Whipped Cream Addition:
- 1 1/2 cups heavy whipping cream
- 3/4 cup confectioners' sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon orange food coloring
For the Chocolate Glaze:
- 1 (12 ounce) bag dark chocolate candy melts
Instructions
For the Chocolate Pumpkin Cake:
- Heat oven to 375°.
- Line the bottoms of two 8-inch with parchment paper and lightly spray with a non stick cooking spray.
- In a medium bowl whisk together the flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
- In a small bowl whisk together the buttermilk, pumpkin, and vanilla extract.
- Beat the butter and sugars together until fluffy.
- Beat in the eggs and yolk, one at a time.
- Reduce mixer speed to low and alternately beat in the flour and buttermilk mixtures in thirds.
- Pour the batter into the prepared pans.
- Bake 35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
- Cool layers on a wire rack for 10 minutes; remove cake from the pans and cool completely before frosting.
For the Spicy Chocolate Frosting:
- Beat cream cheese until fluffy.
- Add confectioners sugar, cocoa, cinnamon and vanilla.
- Beat on low until well combined.
- Transfer to a larger bowl.
For the Whipped Cream Addition:
- Clean the mixing bowl.
- Beat the heavy cream, 3/4 cup confectioners' sugar and orange food coloring on medium high to soft peaks.
- Gently fold the whipped cream into the cream cheese mixture until well combined.
- Spread 1 cup frosting between the two layers and use the remaining frosting to frost the top and sides of the cake.
- Chill 30 minutes and prepare chocolate glaze.
For the Chocolate Glaze:
- Pour candy melts into a microwave safe bowl; heat 1 minute and stir.
- If need heat an additional 30 sections; stir until melted and creamy.
- Pour a small amount on the top of the cake; use an off set spatula and spread chocolate to the edge of the cake.
- Pour the remaining chocolate into a squeeze bottle; add chocolate along the edge of the cake for a dripping look.
- Store in refrigerator.
- Pour the glaze onto the center of the frosted cake and smooth out the edges to allow the glaze to drip over sides. Makes 1 cup
Oh yummy! Thanks for sharing the recipe.
Pinning this on pinterest. 🙂
Cheers,
Tracy Screaming Sardine
This sounds like a homemade masterpiece! I love the photo with the spider!
Hopping on over to your blog from FTLOB..
This cake looks yum! (minus the spider of course lol)
Wow this cake looks so delicious, love the spider touch, creepy!
This looks like a kid friendly cake! Can’t wait to try it.
That is sooo clever! And it looks like it tastes delicious! I’ll have to make this for Halloween for sure!
Your cake is beautiful… in a Halloween-y way:@)
As many times as I’ve made a pumpkin cake I’ve never made one even close to this, it sounds delicious!
Absolutely adorable! I linked to you from Foodie Wednesday! Thanks for a gorgeous cake recipe!
Fabulous. I bet a red velvet would be great too. I make Blood cupcakes for halloween. Very fun.
I LOVE THE CHOCOLATE DRIZZLE!!!!!!
This cake is absolutely gorgeous! I love how the chocolate drips down the sides. Thanks for sharing on Crazy Sweet Tuesday! 🙂
Delicious and cute!
How cool is this cake?!?!? Love it!
Saw this on EKat’s .. looks amazing! Yummm!
Cool AND creepy – I love it. The orange and black is such a cool combination.
Yum! I love the presentation. I would love it if you would link this up to my Pumpkin Addicts Anonymous link party going on now: http://www.craftyconfessions.com/2011/09/pumpkin-addicts-anonymous-link-party.html
I hope to see you soon!
~Macy
Wow! I bet these flavors go so well together. Thanks for sharing with Sweets This Week.
Sarah
These look AMAZING! wow… so delicious. Thanks for all the pictures great instructions. Just wanted to let you know I’ll be featuring this tomorrow at this weeks Tasty Tuesday party. Stop by and grab a featured button!
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You could open a bakery. This cake is stunning and what a success it will be on Halloween. Thanks for linking it up on Bake with Bizzy.
I keep saying it, I’m a huge pumpkin fan and on a pumpkin kick since it’s now fall! Bookmarking this for sure!
Thanks for linking up with Momtrends this week!
~Shannon, Food Channel Editor, Momtrends.com
This looks simply delicious! I featured this today, I know I know I featured you last week, but I just can’t help it!
Carlee
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My oh my this looks good! Perfect to take to mMurder Mystery night thanks!
What a great cake! Thanks for linking up with me for Friday Favorites. I just added this to pinterest for you!
Hi Sheryl,
I am making this cake and in the cream cheese frosting you have cocoa in the ingredients but not in the instructions. Do you add it with the cinnamon?
Hi A.J.
Yes, you add the confectioners’ sugar, cocoa, cinnamon and vanilla. I changed the directions to include the cocoa. Thanks for catching that! 🙂
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Hi Sheryl,
Your Chocolate Pumpkin Cake is awesome, just perfect for the fall festival. Hope you are having a great weekend and thank you so much for sharing with Full Plate Thursday.
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Miz Helen
Fantastic! Perfect for Halloween!
This makes me want to host a party! What an awesome cake!
Thanks!
Your chocolate Pumpkin cake looks delicious!
Thanks Kay! 🙂
My kids would be so excited if I made this for them on Halloween!
Thanks for sharing this one, Sheryl. Looking forward to trying it. We don’t have canned pumpkin here in Zambia, so will need to cook up some pumpkin instead. I might even try it with butternut squash. Yum!