UPDATE: Tutorial here
One of my favorite cake decorating seasons is Halloween. Â I think it’s tied into my deep love for fall and all things orange, yellow, and white! Â But I feel as if I must be very clear. Â I am a Charlie Brown’s Halloween girl, not a Halloween: The Return of Mike Meyers kinda girl. Â I like things PG.
So this cake is a bit of a stretch for me! Â But when the idea came to me, it just wouldn’t go away… and I knew I needed to make it come to fruition. Â So it’s silly. Â It doesn’t make much sense. Â I made it, decorated it, took pictures of it… all in a very short time. Â And almost didn’t share at all!
Why not share? Â Cause it’s weird! Â Odd. Â I couldn’t even bring myself to make a real skull and crossbones! Â (not because I can’t pipe a skull, but because I think they are gory) Â So I faked it. Â With an open star tip! Â A STAR TIP for a SKULL and CROSSBONES. Â So this is my attempt to classy up the skull and crossbones. Â Don’t laugh.
But then I went ahead and called it a skull cake anyway.
Because “Fake Skull Cake” sounded really lame. Â And so did, “Kinda Skull Cake”. Â “I am a Scaredy Cat and Don’t Like Real Skulls Cake” was even worse.
Please don’t call the crazy police on me.
Moving on.
This cake does have a fun surprise inside!
I spelled out BOO with chocolate cake! Â And am putting together a mini tutorial for later this week, so keep and eye out if you want to make one of these yourself.
At the end of the day, this cake was pretty fun. Â My kids love surprise inside cakes and this was was no exception. Â I will never get tired of seeing their expressions when we cut into a surprise inside cake!
Thanks for putting up with my weird warped “skull inspired” view of Halloween!
You never cease to amaze me – BOO! Of course you were able to do that! Fun!
I LOVE the skulls! Such an original representation!
I giggled out loud at “sorta skull cake” and my smile just got bigger when I saw the suprise. SO cute, Amanda!
This is adorable! I love the hidden “BOO” in there. 🙂
Great idea Amanda!!! Lovely as it is, I would havenever thought of these skulls, amazing as always! Would love to read the tutorial (so would my little ones), thank you!!!
It so great!!!! I am obsessed with Halloween too and first fell in love with your blog with your little ghost cake 🙂 I think that the skull and bones made with a star tip is elegant and incredibly creative. I love your Boo inside too! You never fail to impress with your beautiful imagination Amanda!
Oh my gosh, I love this! I kept wondering how you were going to put a skull inside the cake if you couldn’t pipe one (I’m with you, I wouldn’t be able to do that either!), and I was so pleasantly surprised by the “BOO”! I love that so much more than a skull, haha. So cute! 🙂
I love everything about this cake! especially the surprise “BOO” inside
the cake you are my kinda gal fall lover and a very creative,cleaver baker.
I love that you are you, that’s why I read your blog! This cake is terrific! I have a teacher’s luncheon to cook for next month and those teachers will be having this cake, exactly as you have presented it!!! It is perfect! I think we all enjoy Halloween, and this is a classy, adult way to show we can still have fun!
So cool! I LOVE LOVE LOVE the surprise inside!