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"These tasty treats look spooky but taste delicious."

haunted house cake

submitted by: Bright Ideas
  • Prep Time: 20 min.
  • Decoration Time: 40 min.
  • Difficulty: Moderate
  • Yield: Makes 24 servings

Ingredients

  • 3 cups prepared vanilla frosting
  • Orange food coloring
  • 2 frozen pound cakes (16 oz. each), thawed
  • 24 pieces thin chocolate wafer cookies
  • 1 tube black decorating icing or gel
  • 8 pieces TWIX® Brand Caramel Cookie Bar Minis
  • ¾ cup M&M’S® Brand Peanut Chocolate Candies
  • ¼ cup M&M’S® Brand Chocolate Candies
  • 2 resealable plastic bags
  • Spatula

Directions

  • 1. Tint the frosting orange and set aside.
  • 2. Use 1/2 cup of orange frosting to spread on the bottom of both pound cakes then press them together. Stand the cakes up so that they are vertical on a serving plate.
  • 3. Create the pitch of the roof by trimming the top of one cake on a slight angle to give it the appearance of looking tipsy. Trim the other cake on a steeper angle. Completely cover the cake with remaining orange frosting. Break the chocolate wafers in half and arrange, overlapping slightly, for the roof.
  • 4. Using the photograph as a guide, pipe black decorating icing for the windows and other decorations. Use 3 TWIX® Cookie Bars as the door and chimney. Use broken wafer cookies for the shutters. Use M&M’S® Brand Peanut Chocolate Candies to outline the top of the roof and sides of the house.
  • 5. Grind the remaining cookies along with remaining TWIX® Cookie Bars in the food processor. Spread this mixture around the base of the house as "dirt". Scatter M&M’S® Brand Chocolate Candies on the cookie "dirt".

Nutrition

  • Calories per serving 341
  • Total Fat 14 g
  • Saturated Fat 5 g
  • Trans Fat 0 g
  • Cholesterol 24 mg
  • Sodium 256 mg
  • Carbohydrates 50 g
  • Dietary Fiber 1 g
  • Sugars 26 g
  • Protein 3 g
  • Vitamin A 0%DV
  • Vitamin C 0%DV
  • Calcium 0%DV
  • Iron 0%DV
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