This post and recipe was created for #HalloweenTreatsWeek! I was sent samples by some of the sponsor companies but as always opinions are 100% mine.
Impress the kids and whip up this super easy Halloween cupcake pull-apart cake shaped to look like Frankenstein’s monster! It is such a fun idea for a holiday party or just for a fun family activity.
Last year when I was making the Harry Potter themed cupcakes I started dreaming of other ideas for cupcakes and cakes I could make. I envisioned simple Halloween cakes and cupcakes you could make to sell at a school harvest carnival or for a church cake walk. This week I finally get to share some of those ideas with you!
This Frankenstein cupcake cake was so incredibly easy to put together that it would be so simple to make for a fun family activity.
We enjoyed making this cake and then ding dong ditching it to a family friend (or boo-ing them if you would like)! If the family has younger children you could add my Five Little Jack O Lantern’s Printables as well.
Ingredients you need to make this Frankenstein cake:
- Pre-baked cupcakes, flavor your choice
- black or chocolate frosting
- green frosting
- orange Twizzlers
- Wilton large candy eyes
- Oreo cookie
- Brach’s candy corn
Substitutions
The orange Twizzlers were leftover from the Harry Potter spider cupcakes but you could easily substitute orange frosting or the classic red Twizzlers instead so those would be easier to find.
I found the Brach’s green candy corns at my local JoAnn’s but again you could swap those out for the traditional orange ones.
How To Make this Halloween cupcake cake:
- First, arrange 9 cupcakes into a 3 by 3 grid for Frankenstein’s face and then place 2 cupcakes on the bottom for his neck.
- Then, cover the entire cake with green frosting.
- Begin decorating the cake by adding frosting hair, candy eyes, Twizzler eyebrows, the Oreo nose, candy corn teeth, and additional frosting stitches and scars.
Tips and Tricks
- Squeeze the cupcakes together as best as you can and continue to push them together when frosting. They will tend to spread out as you add the frosting so give them a little push back to get them back where you would like them.
- If you would like you could use black sprinkles for the hair instead of frosting. Then the frosting and the stitches would be more distinct.
- Note: the candy will quickly get soggy on the cake so it is best eaten on the first day. If you do keep it till the next day, remove the candy before eating.
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Ingredients
- 11 Pre-baked cupcakes flavor your choice
- 1/3 cup chocolate frosting or black
- 2 cups green frosting
- 2 orange Twizzlers
- 2 Wilton large candy eyes
- 1 Oreo cookie
- 12 Brach's candy corn
Instructions
- First, arrange 9 cupcakes into a 3 by 3 grid for Frankenstein's face and then place 2 cupcakes on the bottom for his neck.
- Then, cover the entire cake with green frosting. Squeeze the cupcakes together as best as you can and continue to push them together when frosting. They will tend to spread out as you add the frosting so give them a little push back to get them back where you would like them.
- Begin decorating the cake by adding frosting hair, candy eyes, Twizzler eyebrows, the Oreo nose, candy corn teeth, and additional frosting stitches and scars.
Notes
Nutrition
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“When witches go riding, and black cats are seen, the moon laughs and whispers ‘tis near Halloween.”
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Disclaimer: These posts and recipes are part of the week-long event, #HalloweenTreatsWeek but all opinions are 100% mine! We would like to Thank our amazing sponsors: Dixie Crystals, Adam’s Extract, Wilton, Sweets and Treats Shop, Treat Street USA and Litehouse! These wonderful sponsors provided the prize packs for our giveaways and also sent samples and products to the #HalloweenTreatsWeek bloggers to use in their recipes.
This cake is so cute and was something I could make without being a professional baker! My kids absolutely adored it and it tasted good too!
So clever! These were a big hit! Not only are they faster than decorating each individual cupcake, the kids loved taking a piece of Frankenstein’s face to eat. Ya, creepy! 🙂 There was even a cupcake for me since it only takes 11 cupcakes.
This is such a cute idea! I made this for a Halloween party for my kids, and they couldn’t stop talking about how much they liked it!
What a cute cupcake cake! I love making them and they are so fun to serve too. I can’t wait to do this Frankenstein.