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Spooky Black Velvet Halloween Cake Recipe

Spooky Black Velvet Halloween Cake Recipe
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This Spooky Black Velvet Halloween Cake is a hauntingly delicious treat perfect for any Halloween celebration. The rich black cocoa cake is layered with a sweet blackberry compote and frosted with a decadent black cocoa frosting, topped with eerie chocolate skulls, fresh blackberries, and delicate dried rose petals.

Ingredients

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Black Velvet Cake:

  • 2 cups White granulated sugar
  • 2 cups All-purpose flour (sifted)
  • 3/4 cup Black cocoa powder (sifted)
  • 2 tsp Baking soda
  • 1 tsp Baking powder
  • 1 tsp Salt
  • 2 Eggs (room temperature)
  • 1 cup Buttermilk (room temperature)
  • 1 cup Coffee (hot)
  • 1/2 cup Canola oil
  • 2 tsp Vanilla extract

Blackberry Compote:

  • 2 cups Fresh blackberries
  • 2 tbsp White granulated sugar
  • 1 tbsp Fresh lemon juice
  • 1 tsp Lemon zest
  • 1 Cinnamon stick
  • 1/4 cup Water
  • 1 tbsp Cornstarch

Black Cocoa Frosting:

  • 8 oz Cream cheese (softened)
  • 1/2 cup Unsalted butter (softened)
  • 3 cups Powdered sugar (sifted)
  • 1 cup Black cocoa powder (sifted)
  • 1/4 tsp Salt
  • 1 tsp Vanilla extract

Decoration:

  • Chocolate skulls
  • Fresh blackberries
  • Dried rose petals

Instructions

  1. Black Velvet Cake: Preheat the oven to 350°. Sift together dry ingredients. Whisk wet ingredients, combine, and mix in coffee. Divide batter into pans. Bake for 30 minutes. Cool cakes.
  2. Blackberry Compote: Cook blackberries with sugar, lemon juice, and zest. Thicken with cornstarch mixture. Chill.
  3. Black Cocoa Frosting: Beat cream cheese, butter, sugar, cocoa, salt until smooth. Add vanilla.
  4. Assembly: Level cakes, layer with compote, frost, and decorate with skulls, berries, and rose petals.

Notes

  • For a spookier touch, consider adding edible glitter or black food coloring to the frosting.
  • Make sure the cakes are completely cooled before frosting to prevent melting.
  • Store the cake in the refrigerator but allow it to come to room temperature before serving for the best taste and texture.

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Keywords: Halloween, Cake, Black Velvet, Dessert, Spooky, Blackberry, Cocoa, Frosting

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