Published: by Absolutely Recipes, in the recipes category.

Halloween Bat Cake Recipe.

Ingredients:

1 devil's food or orange cake mix (regular size)
1 TSP orange food coloring, optional
ORANGE FROSTING:

4-2/3 cups confectioners' sugar
1 cup butter, softened
2 TSPs vanilla extract
Orange food coloring
6 to 7 TBSPs 2% milk
CHOCOLATE FROSTING:

4 cups confectioners' sugar
2/3 cup baking cocoa, sifted
1 cup butter, softened
2 TSPs vanilla extract
6 to 7 TBSPs 2% milk
10 peanut butter cups, finely chopped
Dutch-processed cocoa or confectioners' sugar

Recipe Instructions:

Prepare and bake cake mix according to package directions, using two 9" round baking pans.
If preparing orange cake, add orange food coloring.
Cool as package directs.
For bat design, cut a bat pattern from card stock.
Wrap with foil.
For devil's food cake, prepare orange frosting by beating confectioners' sugar, butter, vanilla, food coloring and enough milk to reach a spreading consistency.
For orange cake, prepare chocolate frosting by beating confectioners' sugar, cocoa, butter, vanilla and enough milk for spreading.
Using a long serrated knife, trim tops of cakes if domed.
Place 1 cake layer on a serving plate.
Spread with 1 cup frosting; sprinkle with chopped candies.
Top with remaining cake layer, bottom side up.
Spread remaining frosting over top and sides of cake.
Refrigerate until set, about 30 minutes.
Lay bat pattern on top of cake.
Using a fine-mesh strainer, sift Dutch-processed cocoa or confectioners' sugar over frosting.
Lift pattern carefully to remove.
Freeze option: Wrap cooled cake layers in plastic, then cover securely in foil; freeze.
To use, thaw cakes before unwrapping.
Assemble as directed.

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