Semi-Homemade Halloween Monster Eye Cake
Hosting a Halloween party or get together? Or, maybe you have a Halloween birthday to celebrate? Get inspired with this easy Semi-Homemade Halloween Monster Eye Cake decorating idea.
Servings: 12 people
Calories: 220cal
Ingredients
- 7 inch Round White Cake Frosted, white
- 20 Orange Gumballs
- 20 White Gumballs
- 50 Purple Shimmer Sixlets
- 50 Black Candy Pearls
- 50 Green Shimmer Sixlets
- 1/4 cup candy eyes
- 1 cup vanilla frosting divided into 2 bowls
- 1/2 cup orange frosting
- 1/4 tsp Neon Purple Food dye
- 1/4 tsp Neon Green Food dye
Instructions
- Remove cake from store-bought packaging. Featured is a 2 layer, 7" white on white cake.
- Divide vanilla frosting into two microwave-safe bowls.
- Add orange frosting to a microwave-safe bowl.
- Microwave each for 20 seconds.
- Add neon coloring to each vanilla frosting bowl and mix.
- Using a small spoon, carefully add the drips of the green icing to around the cake top edge making a drip effect.
- Repeat this action with the purple color.
- Swizzle the orange frosting across the top of the cake.
- Using a pastry squeegee, smear only the top surface to mix the colors around. Be sure not to disturb the drip effect.
- Once frosting is complete, it is time to decorate with the gumballs.
- Strategically place white gumballs by carefully pressing them into the cake's frosting; repeat with the orange gumballs.
- Next up, evenly place the green and purple shimmer Sixlets around the cake.
- Next up, fill in the emptier spaces with the candy eyes, and then black pearls.
- You can add plastic (non edible) spider effects to the cake (optional)
Notes
Nutritional Values are not available since your final product will vary based on candies/ingredients used.
If you are not eating the cake right away, return it to the packaging it came from in-store and place it in the fridge.
This cake lasted 3 days with no issues in the fridge, but your results could vary.
Nutrition
Serving: 1slice | Calories: 220cal | Carbohydrates: 35g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 9g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Cholesterol: 3mg | Sodium: 74mg | Potassium: 10mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 31g | Vitamin A: 38IU | Calcium: 23mg | Iron: 1mg