Just a Taste’s Kelly Senyei Shares Her Creepy Skeleton Cake Recipe

Name: Just a Taste’s Kelly Senyei Shares Her Creepy Skeleton Cake Recipe
Prep time: 60 min
Total time: 180 min
Ingredients: 2 cups all-purpose flour; 3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder; 1 tsp. baking soda; 3/4 tsp. baking powder; 1/2 tsp. kosher salt; 3/4 cup butter, at room temp.; 2 cups sugar; 3 large eggs; 1/2 cup sour cream; 2 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract; 1/2 cup whole milk; 1/2 cup coffee or coffee liqueur; 1 cup mini chocolate chips; 4 cups dark chocolate frosting; 1 cup crushed chocolate cookies; 1 skeleton prop, disassembled

This rich chocolate treat gets a spooky skeleton makeover that's perfect for Halloween parties!

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Courtesy of Kelly Senyei

Halloween just got deliciously spooky! Chef and food influencer Kelly Senyei of Just a Taste is here to make your spookiest celebration unforgettable with this showstopping skeleton cake. Rich chocolate layers studded with mini chocolate chips get stacked high and slathered in decadent dark chocolate frosting, then topped with a dramatic “buried” skeleton emerging from crushed cookie “dirt.” It’s the kind of dessert that’ll have your Halloween party guests reaching for their phones before their forks! Despite its eerie appearance, this cake is surprisingly simple to assemble. Moist, fudgy, and perfectly festive, it’s a deliciously creepy centerpiece everyone will love.

Total Time

3 hr

Prep Time

1 hr

Ingredients

2 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1 tsp. baking soda
3/4 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. kosher salt
3/4 cup butter, at room temp.
2 cups sugar
3 large eggs
1/2 cup sour cream
2 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
1/2 cup whole milk
1/2 cup coffee or coffee liqueur
1 cup mini chocolate chips
4 cups dark chocolate frosting
1 cup crushed chocolate cookies
1 skeleton prop, disassembled

Instructions

Heat oven to 350°F. Coat three 8" round cake pans with cooking spray. In bowl, whisk flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder and salt. In bowl of stand mixer fitted with paddle, beat butter and sugar until fluffy. Add eggs one at a time, beating between each. Add sour cream and vanilla, beating until combined. In liquid measuring cup, combine milk and coffee.

Alternately add milk mixture and flour mixture in 3 additions just until combined. Fold in mini chocolate chips. Divide batter among pans. Bake cakes until pick comes out clean, 22–25 min. Let cakes cool for 10 min. in pans then transfer them to a rack to cool completely.

Place 1 cake layer on platter, then top it with 1 cup frosting. Repeat with second layer and 1 cup frosting. Add last layer, then frost top and sides with remaining frosting. Add half of crushed cookies to the top of cake then insert top portion of skeleton. Insert skeleton legs into front of cake then press chocolate cookies around leg bones.

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