Each year on Halloween I pack up the kids and spend the evening at a friend’s house. When the kids’ were younger, we would walk around the neighborhood and Trick-or-Treat. As the kids’ got older, they elected to sit on the porch and give candy to the hundreds of children passing through the neighborhood. But one thing remains a yearly tradition; a spooky dinner before the festivities. We serve simple fare like hot dogs and chips or pizza and bread sticks for the main meal, but we always go all out to make a spooky dessert. This year I’m making this Spooky Gluten Free Ghost Cake. It starts with a packaged mix and uses gluten free chocolate sandwich cookies as decor so it doesn’t take long to make. Of course, if you are not gluten free, it’s easy to make this cake with regular ingredients. Either way, it looks great and no one will believe you didn’t spend hours making it.
Begin by making a gluten free cake mix as directed on the package or jazz it up a bit with my Basic Gluten Free Cupcake recipe that shows how to dress up a gluten free cake mix so it has a “from scratch” taste. Important Tip: Allow the cake to cook completely before adding the icing or it will melt.
Place one layer of cake onto a cake plate and spread whipped icing onto the cake. Sprinkle 1/2 cup crushed chocolate sandwich cookies onto icing, if desired. You can purchase the whipped frosting or use my Buttercream frosting recipe.
Place the second layer of cake on top of the bottom layer and completely frost the cake, making sides and top as smooth as possible. Gently break apart the chocolate sandwich cookies, making sure the white filling is left on one side. Press these gently into the sides and top of cake.
Gently press a brown chocolate candy, like M&M’s or Reese’s Pieces, onto each chocolate sandwich cookie. Add additional candy pieces to the cake or add candy eyeballs to different sections of the cake. Voila! It’s so easy to make that the kids can help. What are you planning to make for Halloween?
For more Halloween ideas, here are a few of my favorite bloggers:
- Halloween Ghost Skillet Pizza by A Mom’s Take
- Simple Halloween Chow in an Edible Bowl by 2Boys+1Girl=OneCrazyMom
- JELL-O Candy Corn Cups by This Mama Loves
- Trick or Treat DIY Bath Salts by Pretty Opinionated
- Poison Apple Halloween Drink for Kids by Ourfamilyworld
- Halloween Fudge by Upstate Ramblings
- Dollar Store DIY: Halloween Vase by MommaDJane
- Scary Halloween Bones by Jen Around the World
- Halloween Ghost Poop Treat Bags by My So Called Balanced Life
- Witches Brew Drink Mug by How Was Your Day?
- Distressed Sugar Skull Tee by Style on Main
- Super Easy Mock Pay Day Bar Mix by Day by Day in Our World
- Halloween Candy Apples by Savvy Saving Couple
- Simple DIY Halloween Treat Basket by Sweet Lil You
They seem easy enough that I could possibly make them.
Thanks.
Cake turned out really cute. I appreciate the fact that it is gluten-free.
Oreos as eyes is perfect!
What a cute cake. I like how you use oreos and candy for the eyes.
What a super cute cake! I’ll have to share this recipe with my gluten free friends.
That is the cutest ghost cake I’ve ever seen! I tried gluten free cake for the first time the other day and it was SO yummy!
This is too cute! What a fun idea for a halloween party.
Well that is just cute, and easy too. I think I might make one here. 🙂
That turned out so cute! I think this would be a perfect idea for some of my party guests that need to have gluten free foods on the menu!
What a fun cake. I have a friend that has a huge Halloween party each year… will have to share this idea with her.
Oh my goodness! How cute is that cake! perfect for the little ones for halloween
What an absolutely adorable cake! I love how simple and fun this is.
So adorable! I have made Owl cupcakes (gluten-free too) using GF ‘Oreos’. So fun!
Awww, this is super cute. I know my daughter would love to make one of these! So fun!
That is super cute and so easy too. What a great idea.
Oh how fun is that! I’m still new to gluten free desserts and I think this would be a good starting point.
Yum, My kiddos would love this! I need to see if they want to help me make this ( of course they will! ) it looks so great!
This is so cute and it looks yummy. I love that it is also gluten free. Thanks for the recipe.
This is a super cute cake! I almost made something similar, but decided against it. Now I wish I had made it!
Ok that’s a seriously adorable cake! Perfect for a Halloween party, love those eyes!
That’s classic! Very cute and I love that you made it gluten free so my daughter can enjoy it.
That looks so good. I love the googly eyes. I’ll have to make this with my kids.
That is the most adorable cake ever! My kids would LOVE this.