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A Spooky Fun Halloween Brain Cake Recipe
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Spooky Fun Halloween Brain Cake Recipe

This Spooky Fun Halloween Brain Cake is so cool! It is a tasty red velvet Halloween dessert that everyone will love!
Course Dessert, Holiday Dessert
Cuisine American
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 35 minutes
Servings 6 servings
Author Jennifer

Ingredients

  • 1 box red velvet cake mix and ingredients to make cake (usually oil, water and eggs)
  • 1 cup vanilla frosting
  • 1 package 12 oz, bright white candy melts
  • ¼ cup corn syrup
  • cornstarch
  • 2 tablespoons honey
  • 2 tablespoons strawberry jam not jelly
  • Wilton burgundy color gel food coloring

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees and grease a 6 cup/1.5 L glass mixing bowl with nonstick cooking spray and set aside.
  • Prepare cake mix in a mixing bowl according to package directions. Pour into prepared pan and bake for 30-35 minutes or until a tooth pick inserted in the center comes out clean. Let cool completely.
  • After cake is cooked, make candy clay.
  • Melt white candy melts according to package directions. Stir in corn syrup until a clay forms. Drop onto a large piece of plastic wrap and wrap tightly. Cool and refrigerate for an hour or overnight.
  • Remove candy clay from refrigerator and remove a small portion by breaking it off. Candy clay is very hard so use a small section. Knead in your hands until smooth. Use cornstarch dusted on a cutting board or your hands if the candy clay begins to stick.
  • Remove cake from bowl and use a bread knife to saw off the top cake and even it up. Use a bread knife to shave off small parts and pieces of the cake to create a brain shape. Place a small dollop of frosting onto a serving plate and place cake, flat side down onto the plate. Frost the cake with a thin layer of frosting.
  • Roll about a 1" piece of candy clay into a long snake about ¼" thick. Attach to one side of the frosting and wrap it around to resemble a brain. Repeat, until the entire cake is covered.
  • In a small bowl, add honey, strawberry jam and coloring. Mix well until you have a deep, dense blood like color. Use a pastry brush to spread onto the brain to create blood. Gently filling the gaps and spaces of the brain.
  • Slice and serves.

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