Halloween Pumpkin Patch Cake
This cute sheet cake is perfect for your next Halloween party!
By Beth Branch
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This gorgeous Halloween sheet cake has us channeling our inner Linus! Bake it up and then watch the classic It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown, with your kids this year.
Though be careful: Instead of eating a slice, they may try to wait up all night and watch it, in the hopes that Linus is right.
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- Yields:
- 12 - 16 serving(s)
- Prep Time:
- 20 mins
- Total Time:
- 2 hrs
Ingredients
Chocolate Cake
- 1 c.
(2 sticks) unsalted butter at room temperature, plus more for cake pans
- 2 c.
all-purpose flour
- 1 c.
cocoa
- 2 c.
granulated sugar
- 1 tsp.
baking soda
- 1 tsp.
baking powder
- 1 tsp.
kosher salt
- 2
large eggs
- 1 c.
sour cream
- 1/2 c.
canola oil
- 1 tsp.
pure vanilla extract
- 1 tsp.
white vinegar
Strawberry Pumpkins:
- 1
(12-ounce) package white chocolate chips
- 1 tsp.
coconut oil
Orange food coloring
- 9
to 10 small strawberries
Chocolate Buttercream:
- 1 c.
unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 3 tbsp.
whole milk or heavy cream
- 1 tsp.
pure vanilla extract
- 3/4 c.
unsweetened cocoa powder
- 4 c.
confectioners’ sugar
Decorations:
Mini pretzel sticks
- 3
Oreo Thins cookies, crushed
Fresh mint sprigs
Directions
- Step 1Make the cake: Heat oven to 350°F. Butter two 8-inch-round cake pans and line bottoms with parchment paper. Combine flour, cocoa, granulated sugar, baking soda, baking powder, and salt together in a large bowl. Add eggs, vanilla, sour cream, oil, vinegar (for leavening and a more tender cake), and 1 cup hot water and mix with a wooden spoon until batter is smooth.
- Step 2Pour batter into prepared pans and bake until a wooden skewer, inserted into cake center, comes out clean, 35 to 40 minutes. Cool cakes in pans 20 minutes; release from pans and cool completely on wire racks.
- Step 3Make the pumpkins: Line a small, rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper. Melt chocolate according to package directions. Stir in coconut oil and food coloring. Dip strawberries in chocolate and place on prepared baking sheet. Chill until set. Transfer remaining melted chocolate to a piping bag or squeeze bottle. Pipe lines onto dipped strawberries to make them resemble pumpkins.
- Step 4Make the buttercream and assemble: Beat butter on medium-high speed with an electric mixer until light and fluffy, 1 to 2 minutes. Beat in milk, vanilla, cocoa powder, and 2 cup confectioners’ sugar. Beat in remaining 2 cups confectioners’ sugar.
- Step 5Frost top and sides of cake. Press pretzel sticks into the frosting around the outside of the cake to create a fence. Sprinkle three lines of crushed cookies across the top of the cake to create the pumpkin patch rows. Arrange strawberries on top of the rows. Garnish with mint to look like pumpkin vines.
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