Halloween cake recipe for children

Halloween is a very fun time, especially for the little ones who enjoy putting on makeup and dressing up, letting their imagination run wild. In some countries, such as the United States, traditions such as the famous “trick or treat” are practiced, where children go around the houses collecting sweets. Parties and meetings are also held, where horror movies are enjoyed in allusively decorated spaces, with spiders, witches, pumpkins and other characteristic elements of this celebration.

Also, in this article we want to teach you how to make a Halloween cake for children. Keep reading!

Ingredients to make Halloween cake for children:

• 2 eggs
• 120 milliliters of oil
• 100 grams of sugar (½ cup)
• 280 grams of flour 0000
• 60 grams of bitter cocoa
• 200 cubic centimeters of boiling water
• 200 cubic centimeters of cold water
• 1 pinch of salt
• 1 Teaspoon vanilla extract
• 15 grams of baking powder
• To decorate:
• 2 tablespoons of powdered sugar
• cardboard c/n

How to make Halloween cake for children:

1. To start with the recipe for this Halloween cake for children, first beat the eggs at room temperature for about 7 minutes.
2. Also, beat until they are foamy and, when that happens, add the sugar in the form of rain and continue beating until you reach the letter point.
3. In another container, mix the bitter cocoa with the boiling water to dissolve it.
4. Then add the oil, cold water and vanilla essence and integrate.
5. Add this cocoa preparation to the egg and sugar shake. Beat or mix until both preparations are well integrated. Book it.
6. In a third container, sift the flour with the baking powder, the bicarbonate of soda and the pinch of salt.
7. In this way, you will ensure that lumps do not form in the preparation of your sponge cake.
8. Add the dry ingredients in 2 or 3 batches, mixing gently with a hand mixer and making surrounding movements until they are integrated, but without over-beating.
9. Turn the preparation of your sponge cake into a previously buttered mold and with the base covered with parchment paper.
10. In this case, it is a detachable mold of 24 centimeters in diameter.
11. Next, cook the sponge cake in the preheated oven at 180ºC for 40 minutes or until no remains of the preparation come out when pierced.
12. When the Halloween cake for children is cold, prepare the features of Skeleton’s face on a cardboard or paper.
13. You will need two circles to make the eyes, a triangle to make the nose, and a mouth.
14. You can stick it to the cake with a little dulce de leche so they don’t move in the next step.
15. Sprinkle the cake with the powdered sugar and carefully remove the molds from the features to reveal the final result.
16. You already have your Halloween cake for children ready!