So-Easy-It’s-Spooky Bat Cake

Name: So-Easy-It’s-Spooky Bat Cake
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 50 min
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 devil's food or orange cake mix (regular size); 1 teaspoon orange food coloring, optional; 4-2/3 cups confectioners' sugar; 1 cup butter, softened; 2 teaspoons vanilla extract; Orange food coloring; 6 to 7 tablespoons 2% milk; 4 cups confectioners' sugar; 2/3 cup baking cocoa, sifted; 10 peanut butter cups, finely chopped; Dutch-processed cocoa or confectioners' sugar

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Prep:25minCook:25min

This gorgeous dessert starts with a boxed cake mix. Then it’s an easy and magical trick to make the bat silhouette with cocoa. —Crystal Schlueter, Babbitt, Minnesota

Updated at: Tue, 08 Jul 2025 03:23:49 GMT