October 2021

The idea started brewing (no pun intended) when I saw the witch legs sticking out of a neighbor’s front hedge.

How cute, I thought, if those were sticking out of the top of a cake.  But then I thought, if the witch had accidentally nose-dived into the cake, what would be happening to her broomstick or whatever she was carrying?

And thus, the idea was born.  And my mind kept thinking, “Oh! and I could do this. And that… ! And how cute would it be if…”    Hence a cake with eyeballs, spiders, webs, and of course, a giant candy sack and of course… candy.

I’ll admit I got a bit carried away with the candy…

I also got a bit carried away with the cake part. I found two chocolate cake recipes – one from The Violet Bakery Cookbook and one from Luscious Chocolate Desserts. One called for dutched cocoa and the other for natural cocoa.  Hmmmmmmmm.  I decided this would be a good opportunity for a taste test, although I’ll be honest: I still have no idea which one I prefer.  I’m going to have to make them again to be sure.

Regardless, I ended up with a 4 layer cake and covered it in black buttercream, then marshmallow webs.

Then the fun part:  decorating.  And going overboard with the candy, as I’ve already said.  Hence the name, Halloween Cake Cakeophony.

The cake was a huge hit and as always, I’ve come away from the experience with a lot of “Next time, I’ll try this…”