Favorite Halloween Cakes
Looking for Halloween Cake ideas? We have lots of festive cake designs to share with you, as well as popular cake recipes that are guaranteed to please.
In this collection, you'll find black velvet cake, orange cake, red velvet cake, as well as fun and kid-friendly cake designs with monsters, spiders, witches, ghosts, and more!
We hope that you find something you'd like to try. Have fun scrolling through!
Halloween Cakes
Sharing our favorite Halloween Cakes- from delicious cake recipes to spooky and fun cake designs that are perfect for Halloween parties!
These monster bundt cakes always make me smile! Transform any bundt cake into a funny monster design with buttercream fur and chocolate eyes and teeth!
Witch shoes! This is another favorite, I love these shoes with their big bows, striped tights, and a buttercream ruffled skirt! We'll show you how we made it along with the templates used in our video tutorial!
Moist and delicious orange cake is perfect for any occasion- and its orange color makes it perfect for Halloween as well!
This cute little ghosty cake with balloons makes me smile! You could create something similar on top of a sheet cake as well!
These witch legs always make me smile- Ours are pretzel rods dipped in royal icing but you could create them in fondant as well! Hop over for a quick blog tutorial.
I'm not usually a fan of spiders but this little one is so cute! This makes such a fun centerpiece for the Halloween party dessert table ;0)
So many monsters! We loved making these monster meringues! Hop over for our tutorial and meringues recipe. You could also create something similar with buttercream!
This clumsy witch cake is another step by step blog tutorial that is a longtime favorite on our site. It's such a funny design that kids just love!
These cute witch hats and witch cake topper were so much fun to make!
Pumpkin Spice Cake is a classic for fall! Whether you're celebrating Halloween, a fall birthday, or Thanksgiving, it is always a great go-to!
If you are looking to do a little something more involved, this fun Haunted House Cake is for you! It is decorated wtih buttercream, candy coating accents, and candy- such a fun cake for a Halloween party! Hop over for our video tutorial!
Black velvet cake is a great choice for Halloween Cake Recipes! The black color doesn't come from coloring gel-- it is from the black cocoa used in the recipe. This is a milder chocolate, and a delicious cake.
We loved making this giant spider cake topper covered in black sugar pearls! It takes an ordinary Halloween Cake to a whole new level ;0) Hop over for our tutorial!
This little ghost cake topper is another oldie that we still just love! It is so simple to create and instantly makes a cute Halloween cake so much cuter! Hop over for a quick blog tutorial.
These moist Pumpkin Cupcakes are SO good and perfect for any fall occasion from Halloween to Thanksgiving!
This Haunted House Cake is a bit more involved but we'll walk you through it in our video tutorial. You can use our template or choose one of our own online! This wax paper transfer technique works for all sorts of designs.
This monster sheet cake is so much fun to make and so simple! Great for kids halloween parties or monster themed parties!
Meringues are so much fun to decorate with- in this tutorial, we share our recipe and show how to create these cute pumpkins for your cakes!
Another Orange Cake! This orange velvet cake is slightly dense with a fine crumb and velvety texture.
Learn to make these cute pumpkin cake toppers quickly and easily with rice cereal treats and fondant! These are surprisingly simple to make, and work great for any fall occasion. You could turn the pumpkin into a jack-o-lantern for Halloween parties also!
This tutorial is an oldie but we still love these fun Halloween cupcake ideas! Whether you choose one design or a variety of favorites, these are sure to please a crowd!
Moist and Delicious Red Velvet Cupcakes! This recipe is always a favorite (and can be used for cake layers as well!)
We'll show you how to make these cute cats in our Halloween Cake video tutorial!
This one's for the chocolate lovers! Make a tiered cake as we did, or make a simple tier covered in chocolate candy! So much fun!
Pick your favorite pound cake or bundt cake and cover it with these fun buttercream monsters! Anything goes, you just need some brightly colored buttercream, a few piping tips, and lots of google eyes!
More meringues! This time, some cute little ghosts. We love the dimension that you can get when decorating with meringues-- we'll share our simple recipe with you.