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Black Velvet Cake: Halloween Cake

October 11, 2012 by Jenn

 I’m going to get a little disgusting for a minute.  So stop reading if you don’t want to be grossed out. 

If you eat this, your poop will be green. 

I warned you! 

This cake is a play on a Red Velvet cake, but instead of red, we’re using the black dye for the cake!  It’s perfect for a spooky Halloween cake . . . which is bound to impress your family, guests, or coworkers.  

But remember, if you don’t want to be asked uncomfortable whispered questions in the hallway at work, “Um, Jenn?  Was there something in that cake that… maybe…might have…um…?”. 

Black Velvet Cake, Part 1

 Black Velvet Cake, Part 2

In this part of the cake series, we use the Cricut Cake!  **Curses**  Now, as you may know, my Cricut Cake can be slightly temperamental, but, thanks to the beauty of video, it appears flawlessly executed!  If you are currently “bargaining” with your Cricut Cake, YOU WILL GET THROUGH IT!!  In this video, we are using Photofrost Icing Sheets which we airbrushed black to match the cake theme of bats and Halloween.

The beauty of using the Cricut with icing sheets is that they tend to travel through the Cricut smoother and is cut easier than a fondant/gum paste mixture.  It is more like true paper.  Using the icing sheets makes for less time spent rolling, setting up, tearing, re-rolling, re-setting….etc! 

 

Black Velvet Cake

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Comments

  1. Jasmine says
    August 26, 2015 at 4:20 pm

    Can you tell what the coco does for the cake?

    • Jenn says
      August 28, 2015 at 2:25 am

      The cocoa powder gives it some flavour 🙂

  2. Dylan says
    April 25, 2014 at 8:29 pm

    Hi, i was wondering if i could get the recipe you used but on a smaller scale for a 3 inch cake, and the reason for that is because one of my cooking classes were having a cake decorating and seeing who can make the best cake and well I want to wow my teacher with a black velvet cake. Thank you in advance

    • Jenn says
      April 27, 2014 at 4:42 am

      You could try dividing the ingredients by one third for that. I can’t say it will work though as when you change recipe amounts, sometimes failure results. Good luck!

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