Chocolate Graveyard Cake
This Chocolate Graveyard Cake is the perfect Halloween dessert! It's a deliciously moist chocolate cake toped with a fudgy frosting and crushed Oreos. Feel free to decorate however you like!
Servings: 12 slices
Ingredients
For the cake:
- 2 cups granulated sugar
- ¼ cup salted butter melted
- ¼ cup vegetable oil
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 eggs room temperature
- ¾ cup cocoa powder
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 tsp baking soda
- 1 ½ tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 cup coffee
- 1 cup whole milk
For the frosting:
- 1 cup salted butter room temperature
- 4 cups powdered sugar
- ¾ cup cocoa powder
- ¼ cup whole milk room temperature
- 1 tsp vanilla
- ½ tsp salt
For garnish:
- 1 cup crushed Oreos
- candy pumpkins
- peep ghosts
- gummy worms
- cupcake tombstones
Instructions
For the cake:
- Preheat the oven to 350° Grease and line a 9×13 metal baking pan with parchment paper and set aside. In the bowl of a stand mixer combine the melted butter, granulated sugar, vegetable oil, vanilla extract and eggs. Mix on medium until combined.
- In a medium bowl sift cocoa powder, flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt. With the mixer on low, add half of the dry ingredients, then the milk. Add the rest of the dry ingredients and the coffee. Mix until fully incorporated.
- Pour into the prepared baking pan and bake for 30-35 minutes or until baked through. Remove from the oven and allow to cool for 30 minutes at room temperature before refrigerating until cold, about 1 hour or up to overnight.
For the frosting:
- In the bowl of a stand mixer cream the butter, powdered sugar and cocoa powder until combined. Add in the vanilla, milk and salt and beat until smooth. Set aside until assembly.
For assembly:
- Once the cake has completely cooled top with the frosting. Then sprinkle on crushed Oreos and top with candy pumpkins, peep ghosts, gummy worms, tombstones and any other graveyard garnishes you have!