Graveyard Cake

This Graveyard Cake is a great Halloween dessert perfect for Halloween parties or gatherings. It’s easy to make and will be a hit with both kids and adults alike!

This creepy confection features layers of rich chocolate cake, crumbled Oreo “dirt,” cookies with creepy zombie hands, tombstones and bones candy decorations.

You could also easily turn this into an Oreo dirt cake using cake mix, pudding, cool whip, milk and sugar or make Halloween dirt cake cups for individual servings. This recipe is as simple as it gets by baking a cake and decorating and is just as delicious.

Pair this Halloween cake recipe with a Halloween candy board and Hocus Pocus hot chocolate for the perfect movie night.

Graveyard Halloween Cake Ingredients

• Box of chocolate cake mix + ingredients on box
• Chocolate or black frosting
• Oreos
• Candy decorations; zombie hands, tombstones, bones, Halloween sprinkles

How to Make a Graveyard Cake for Halloween

Preheat oven and bake cake according to box directions and allow to cool completely.

Once cooled, spread the frosting over top of the cake.

Pulse Oreo cookies into a food processor and sprinkle over top to cover cake.

Write RIP on the candy headstones with a food marker and place throughout the cake.

Add candy zombie hands strategically throughout the cake as if they’re coming out from under the ground then bones and Halloween sprinkles. Enjoy!

Helpful Tips and Variations

• Get creative with other toppings such as gummy worms and candy pumpkins.
• Can also use Milano cookies for Tombstones and black icing to write RIP on them.
• Make it gluten free with a gluten free cake mix, gluten free Oreos and any other ingredients that need to be swapped out.
• If you don’t have a food processor you can place Oreo cookies in a Ziploc bag and roll with a rolling pin.
• This cake recipe can be easily transported to parties in a 9X13 baking dish with a lid or disposable pan.

How to Store

Store leftovers in an airtight container in a cool place away from direct sunlight for up to 3 days.

FAQs

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Recipe

Graveyard Cake

This Graveyard Cake is a great Halloween dessert perfect for Halloween parties or gatherings. It's easy to make and will be a hit with both kids and adults alike!

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Prep Time 15 minutes mins

Course Desserts

Cuisine American

Servings 12 servings

Ingredients

  

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• ▢ 1 box of chocolate cake mix plus ingredients on box
• ▢ Chocolate or black frosting
• ▢ 1 (15.5 oz.) package Oreos
• ▢ Candy zombie hands
• ▢ Candy tombstones
• ▢ Candy bones
• ▢ Halloween sprinkles

Instructions

 

• Preheat oven and bake cake according to box directions and allow to cool completely.
• Once cooled, frost cake.
• Pulse Oreo cookies into a food processor and sprinkle over top to cover cake.
• Write RIP on the candy tombstones with a food marker and place throughout the cake. Add candy zombie hands, bones and Halloween sprinkles throughout and enjoy.

Nutrition Disclosure

Nutritional facts are estimates and are provided as a courtesy to the reader. Please utilize your own brand nutritional values to double check against our estimates. Nutritional values are calculated via a third party. Changing ingredients, amounts or cooking technique will alter the estimated nutritional calculations.

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