Halloween Mini-Cakes

Name: Halloween Mini-Cakes
Prep time: 1 h 20 min
Cook time: 1 h 20 min
Total time: 1 h 20 min
Yield: 18
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 2 liters confectioners sugar, divided; 4 Tbsps light corn syrup, divided; 18 servings Orange and black paste or gel food coloring; 9 Tbsps milk, divided; 1 package yellow cake mix (regular size)

Halloween Mini-Cakes might be just the hor d'oeuvre you are searching for. One serving contains 358 calories, 1g of protein, and 1g of fat. This recipe covers 2% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 18. If you have confectioners' sugar, milk, cake mix, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. It is perfect for Halloween. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 1 hour and 20 minutes.

Instructions

Grease two 13-in. x 9-in. baking pans; line with parchment paper and set aside. Prepare cake batter according to package directions.

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Baking Paper

Baking Pan

Pour into prepared pans.

Bake at 350° for 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes. Using parchment paper, remove cakes from pans and invert onto wire racks; carefully peel off parchment paper. Cool completely.

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Baking Paper

Toothpicks

Oven

Cut one cake into pumpkin shapes and the second cake into ghost shapes using 3-in. cookie cutters dipped in confectioners' sugar. Carefully arrange individual cakes on wire racks over waxed paper.

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Powdered Sugar

Pumpkin

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Cookie Cutter

For icing, in each of two large bowls, combine 4 cups confectioners' sugar, 4 tablespoons milk and 2 tablespoons corn syrup until smooth. Tint icing in one bowl orange.

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Powdered Sugar

Corn Syrup

Orange

Icing

Milk

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Bowl

Place orange icing in a heavy-duty resealable plastic bag; cut a small hole in a corner of bag. Pipe over top of pumpkin shapes, allowing icing to drape over cake sides. Repeat with white icing and ghost cakes.

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Pumpkin

Orange

Icing

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Ziploc Bags