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This spooky cake, courtesy of @cakedesignbysheri, is sure to impress and delight Halloween party guests— especially since it’s full of sour gummy worms!
Oogie Boogie Cake
(recipe name)
Ingredients
Chocolate cake
- 2 cups organic all purpose flour
- 1/2 cup baking cocoa
- 2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 cups organic cane sugar
- 1 cup vegetable oil
- 1 cup milk
- 1 cup hot water
- 1 package Sour Gummy Worms
Chocolate Frosting
- 250 grams unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 500 grams powdered sugar, sifted
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3/4 cup cocoa, sifted
- Black food coloring
- 2 tablespoons heavy cream
Green frosting
- 125 grams unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 250 grams powdered sugar, sifted
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Neon green food coloring
- 1 teaspoon heavy cream
Instructions
- For chocolate cake: Preheat oven to 350 F.
- In a large bowl, combine all dry ingredients. Mix in the oil, milk, and eggs. Once the eggs are fully incorporated, pour in the hot water and mix well.
- Grease a 9x9" baking pan and pour batter into pan. Bake for 33-38 minutes (or until a toothpick inserted into the middle of the cake comes out clean. Chill for 4 hours.
- For green frosting: Place butter in stand mixer and beat on high for 5 minutes.
- Turn your mixer down to low, and start adding in powdered sugar, one cup at a time. Add cream. Once all is combined, add vanilla and food coloring until desired shade has been reached. Set aside.
- For chocolate frosting: Sift cocoa and powdered sugar together, set aside.
- Place butter in stand mixer and beat on high for 5 minutes. Turn your mixer down to low, and start adding in cocoa mix, one cup at a time. Add cream. Once all is combined, add vanilla and black coloring until frosting reaches a dark grey/black color. Set aside.
- Assembly: Once cake has chilled, torte cake in half (horizontally).
- Spread gummy worms evenly over bottom layer.
- Replace top layer.
- Spread the cake with a crumb coat of black frosting.
- Chill for 20 minutes.
- Cover entire cake with black frosting, scraping edges until smooth. Place cake back in fridge for 20 minutes. Spread green frosting on top in center of cake in a disc shape. This will form the moon. Place remaining black frosting in a piping bag with a Wilton 12 tip attached. Pipe out the oogie boogie shape on top of the moon, and fill in completely. Smooth out shape with a small cake spatula.
- Chill cake until ready to serve. Add extra gummy worms to garnish if so desired.
