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Black Cat Cake
Bake this spooky dessert up for your next Halloween party.
👥 12 Servings⏱️ Prep & Cook: 2h⏳ Prep: 20 min👤 Beth Branch📖 countryliving
🥘 Ingredients
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🍳 Cookware
- ●pan
- ●oven
- ●bowl
- ●whisk
- ●wooden spoon
- ●knife
📝 Preparation Steps
1
Make the cake: Heat oven to 350°F. Butter and flour three 8-inch round cake pans. Line bottoms with parchment paper.
2
Whisk together flour, granulated sugar, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder, and salt in a bowl. Add eggs, sour cream, oil, vanilla, vinegar (for leavening and a more tender cake), and 1 cup hot water. Mix with a wooden spoon until batter is smooth.
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3
Transfer batter to prepared pans, dividing evenly. Bake until a wooden skewer inserted into the center comes out clean, 25 to ⏱️ 30 minutes. Cool in pans on a wire rack ⏱️ 20 minutes, then turn out onto rack to cool completely.
4
Make the frosting: Beat butter with an electric mixer on medium speed until light and creamy, 1 to ⏱️ 2 minutes. Beat in cocoa powder, chocolate, vanilla, and cream, scraping down sides as necessary, until combined, 1 to ⏱️ 2 minutes. Add half the confectioners’ sugar, and mix until combined. Add remaining confectioners’ sugar, salt, and food coloring; beat for ⏱️ 1 minute.
5
Decorate the cake: Trim and level cake layers, if desired. Place one cake layer on a cake plate or stand and top with 1 to 1 1/2 cups frosting. Repeat one more time. Top with third layer, then frost top and sides.
6
On a piece of parchment paper, using a pen or pencil, draw two 3-inch triangles for the ears and a smaller 1 ½-inch triangle for the nose. Flip parchment over (you should be able to see the outlines through the paper). Melt chocolate chips according to package directions. Stir in food coloring. Transfer to a zip-top plastic bag with a small hole cut in one corner or a squeeze bottle. Pipe outlines of triangles, then fill in with chocolate, using a knife or spoon to spread, if necessary.
7
Place the flat end of a toothpick in each of the larger (ear) triangles, about a ½ inch into the chocolate, making sure it’s covered with chocolate. Cover all three chocolate triangles with sanding sugar. Chill until set, 10 to ⏱️ 15 minutes. Use toothpicks to stand up ears on cake and press the nose (point side down) on the center of one side.
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8
Use a knife or wooden pick to make holes in the side of the cake on either side of the nose and insert licorice.
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