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Extra scary Halloween ghost cake Recipe

Extra Scary Halloween Ghost Cake

Bushra
A spooky and delicious Halloween cake featuring meringue ghosts, chocolate tombstones, and rich chocolate sponge cake perfect for Halloween parties.
Prep Time 1 hour 30 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 2 hours
Course Dessert
Cuisine Greek
Servings 5 portions

Equipment

  • Hand mixer
  • Baking tray
  • Cake tin
  • Saucepan

Ingredients
  

For the cake base

  • 100 g cocoa powder
  • 250 g self raising flour
  • 5 eggs
  • 250 ml milk
  • 200 ml sunflower oil

For the decorations

  • 50 g icing sugar
  • 200 ml double cream single if you want to be healthier
  • 200 g dark baking chocolate
  • 1 pack finger biscuits the richer the better
  • 150 g double chocolate cookies

Instructions
 

  • Preheat your oven to 110C(90C for fan). Using a hand mixer whisk the 5 egg whites in a clean bowl until they stiffen up and peaks form. Blend in the sugar a teaspoon at a time and carry on whisking until the mixture is thick and relatively solid.
  • Cover a baking tray with baking sheet. Pour your mixture in a freezer back to and cut out a small hole in the bottom corner and start squeezing a small circle of egg white pulling upwards to make a twirly ghost. Make about 15/20 ghosts and bake for 1 and 1/2 hours until the meringues are nice a crisp.
  • Mix the self raising floor, sugar and cocoa powder in a bowl and mix up to make sure no clumps can be seen. Mix the eggs, oil and milk in a bowl and pour in the flour mix. Stir until even and smooth.
  • Grease a deep cake tin and pour in the cake mixture. Bake in pre-heated oven for 30 minutes. Once ready leave to cool and remove from tin.
  • Heat up the cream in a saucepan until right before boiling, break up the chocolate and add one piece at a time and watch it melt! Stir till even.
  • Dip the tea biscuits in the mixture one at a time and set aside to cool. Pour the remaining mixture over the cake for a chocolate finish.
  • Blend the chocolate cookies in a hand blender or smash them up with a rolling pin until small crumbs form. Sprinkle on top of the hot chocolate covering the cake.

Notes

If you are a master chef, try melting the white chocolate in a Bain-marie (bowl on top of boiling water), pour in a small freezer bag and once the mixture has slightly cooled down cut a tiny hole on the bottom corner and decorate the tombstones with scary words!
Keyword ghost-themed baking, Halloween desserts, haunted party treats, spooky cake decorations, white fondant cake
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