The best gift anyone can give you is inspiration! I usually make my own birthday cakes and today I was planning on making a standard rosette cake. My husband surprised me in the morning with the amazing Nordic Ware Haunted Skull Cake Pan (purchase here) so I was determined to use it to make my birthday cake.
Halloween has always been my favorite holiday so this would be the perfect cake for me. I decided to make a Triple Chocolate Cake, since you don’t use a lot of buttercream with this cake, I wanted to use a cake that would be delicious on it’s own and this chocolate cake is absolutely amazing!
This isn’t a sponsored post for Nordic Ware (even though I wish I was sponsored by them); I’ve always lusted over their bundt pans and seasonal bakeware. If you ever pick up anything made by Nordic Ware you’ll understand all the fuss—they continue to make over 90% of their goods here in America (Minnesota) rather than cut costs/quality and move overseas. I’m a bakeware connoisseur and I’ve yet to find anything better than Nordic Ware and the Nordic Ware Haunted Skull Cake Pan is one of the coolest pans I’ve ever used.
6 Comments
gloria
October 22, 2020 at 11:55 am
Do you have a vanilla cake and vanilla buttercream recipe for this skull cake pan mold that worked for you.?? I saw where they recommended a heavier recipe over a fluffy one so that it could hold together better. Thank you.
Van
October 22, 2020 at 3:35 pm
Hi Gloria, I have a recipe for American Buttercream here: https://foodisafourletterword.com/recipe/the-best-vanilla-buttercream-frosting-recipe/
As for the cake, you can try using a pound cake recipe, you need a dense cake to be able to hold it’s shape and the details.
K
October 29, 2021 at 3:46 am
I followed this to a T but this cake recipe is way too wet for this pan. It wasn’t nearly sturdy enough to come out in one piece or cleanly from the mold :/
Van
October 29, 2021 at 5:59 am
Hi, you might have needed to bake the cake a little longer if it didn’t come out cleanly – this cake is not wet (the batter is), the cake is dense after it’s baked at the proper temp and time, that why it works for this pan.
Sarah
October 31, 2021 at 5:13 pm
I made this for Halloween this year and it was a huge hit. The batter was very liquidy before it cooked and I was sure I had done something wrong…but it turned out perfect! It held its shape and everyone said it tasted great. I would just say not to turn the mixer up to high right after entering the hot coffee…it splattered everywhere! The only change I made was raspberry extract in the buttercream because I had run out of vanilla; it paired wonderfully with the chocolate. Thanks for a great recipe.
Van
November 1, 2021 at 6:57 am
You’re welcome! I’m glad everyone enjoyed it!