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Spooky Eyeball Halloween Cake

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  • Prep 60 min
  • Total 2 hr 15 min
  • Servings 12
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Your little goblins and witches will be wide-eyed with excitement making this fun Halloween cake!
Updated Mar 1, 2023

Ingredients

  • 1 box (15.25 oz) Betty Crocker™ Super Moist™ Devil's Food Cake Mix
  • Water, vegetable oil and eggs called for on cake mix box
  • 2 tubs (12 oz) Betty Crocker™ Whipped Fluffy White Frosting
  • Betty Crocker™ neon gel food colors (orange, purple and lime green)
  • 1 package (0.88 oz) Betty Crocker™ Candy Shop candy eyeballs

Steps

  • 1
    Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or nonstick pans). Grease or spray bottoms and sides of three 8-inch round cake pans.
  • 2
    In large bowl, beat cake mix, water, oil and eggs with electric mixer on medium speed 2 minutes, scraping bowl occasionally. Pour 1 1/3 cups batter in each pan.
  • 3
    Bake cakes 17 to 21 minutes, or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes; remove from pans to cooling racks. Cool completely, about 30 minutes.
  • 4
    Divide frosting into 3 small bowls (1 cup each). Stir 1/2 teaspoon different color of food color into each bowl. Fit 3 separate decorating bags with 1/2-inch round piping tip; fill each with different color frosting. Place first cake layer on plate. Using green frosting, pipe around top edge of cake layer, forming a thick frosting border. Spread additional frosting over top of cake inside frosting border. Top with second cake layer; repeat border and filling with purple frosting. Place third cake layer on top; repeat with orange frosting. Pipe remaining frosting into mounds over top of cake, alternating colors and sizes of mounds.
  • 5
    Decorate as desired using candy eyeballs on frosting mounds and side of cake. Store cake covered at room temperature.

Tips from the Betty Crocker Kitchens

  • tip 1
    If you can't fit all three pans in the oven, refrigerate one pan of batter until others are baked, and then bake remaining layer separately, adding a little extra time if needed for baking refrigerated batter.
  • tip 2
    No decorating bags? Fill large resealable freezer bags; cut off one bottom corner, and squeeze frosting out to decorate.

Nutrition

460 Calories, 24g Total Fat, 3g Protein, 59g Total Carbohydrate, 43g Sugars

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 1 Serving
Calories
460
Calories from Fat
210
Total Fat
24g
36%
Saturated Fat
9g
43%
Trans Fat
0g
Cholesterol
45mg
16%
Sodium
370mg
15%
Potassium
120mg
3%
Total Carbohydrate
59g
20%
Dietary Fiber
0g
0%
Sugars
43g
Protein
3g
% Daily Value*:
Vitamin A
0%
0%
Vitamin C
0%
0%
Calcium
8%
8%
Iron
10%
10%
Exchanges:
1 Starch; 0 Fruit; 3 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 4 1/2 Fat;
Carbohydrate Choice
4
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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