Description
Indulge in the Spooky Black Velvet Halloween Cake, a decadent dessert that brings a touch of elegance and excitement to your Halloween celebrations. This rich chocolate cake features a delicious blackberry compote filling, complemented by a creamy black cocoa buttercream frosting. Topped with fresh blackberries and playful chocolate skulls, this cake is as visually stunning as it is delicious. Whether it’s a Halloween party, birthday bash, or any festive occasion, this cake is sure to impress your guests and keep them coming back for seconds. Easy to make and beautifully presented, the Spooky Black Velvet Halloween Cake will be the highlight of any dessert table.
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 cups granulated sugar
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 3/4 cup black cocoa powder
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 1 cup hot coffee
- 2 cups fresh blackberries
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C). Grease and flour two round cake pans.
- In a mixing bowl, whisk together sugar, flour, black cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder, and salt.
- In another bowl, combine eggs, buttermilk, coffee, oil, and vanilla. Mix wet ingredients into dry until just combined.
- Divide batter between pans and bake for 30 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool in pans for 10 minutes before transferring to wire racks.
- For blackberry compote, simmer blackberries with sugar, lemon juice, zest, cinnamon stick, water, and cornstarch until thickened.
- For frosting, beat cream cheese and butter until creamy; gradually mix in powdered sugar and cocoa until fluffy.
- Assemble the cake with one layer topped with compote followed by the second layer frosted entirely.
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 30 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Calories: 380
- Sugar: 35g
- Sodium: 220mg
- Fat: 18g
- Saturated Fat: 9g
- Unsaturated Fat: 8g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 52g
- Fiber: 2g
- Protein: 6g
- Cholesterol: 50mg