Halloween Layer Cake

Name: Halloween Layer Cake
Prep time: 1 h
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 16
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon baking soda; 79 milliliters butter, softened; 237 milliliters buttermilk; 414 milliliters cake flour; 946 milliliters sifted confectioners sugar; 3 egg whites; 1 egg yolk; 2 teaspoons lemon juice; 1 teaspoon lemon zest; 1 Tbsp orange juice; 2 Tbsps orange zest; 0 teaspoons salt; 79 milliliters shortening; 113 grams unsweetened chocolate, melted; 355 milliliters white sugar

Halloween Layer Cake might be just the dessert you are searching for. This recipe serves 16. This recipe covers 5% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One portion of this dish contains roughly 4g of protein, 13g of fat, and A mixture of egg yolk, butter, salt, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so tasty. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 1 hour.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line the bottoms of two 8 or 9 inch round cake pans with parchment paper.

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Baking Paper

Oven

Sift together the flour, baking soda, salt, and white sugar.

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Baking Soda

Granulated Sugar

All Purpose Flour

Salt

Beat shortening until light and fluffy.

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Shortening

Mix in dry ingredients.

Add 3/4 cup of buttermilk and mix until all flour is dampened. Then beat with electric mixer.

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Buttermilk

All Purpose Flour

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Hand Mixer

Add egg whites, melted chocolate, and remaining buttermilk, beat well and pour batter into prepared pans.

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Buttermilk

Egg Whites

Chocolate

Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 30 minutes. When cake is cool frost between layer and over top and sides with Golden Orange Frosting. Mark outlines of Halloween cats and bats by lightly pressing paper cut-outs into frosting, then removing paper. Melt 1 square unsweetened chocolate with 1 tsp. butter. Using a brush, fill in the outlines with the chocolate mixture.

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Unsweetened Baking Chocolate

Chocolate

Frosting

Butter

Orange

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Oven

To Make Golden Orange Frosting: Cream together butter, orange rind, lemon rind, and salt.

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Orange Zest

Lemon Peel

Frosting

Butter

Orange

Cream

Salt

Add egg yolk and mix well.

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Egg Yolk

Add confectioners sugar, alternately with orange juice and lemon juice, beating well after each addition. Makes 2 cups frosting, or enough to cover tops and sides of two 9 inch layers.

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Powdered Sugar