Description
Create a spooky and colorful Halloween Bundt Cake, a showstopper dessert perfect for your celebrations. This recipe uses simple ingredients and a boxed cake mix shortcut to achieve a moist, flavorful, and visually stunning cake with vibrant swirls of orange, green, purple, and black. Topped with a sweet vanilla glaze and festive drizzles, this Halloween Bundt Cake is surprisingly easy to make and guaranteed to be a magical centerpiece.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 box (15.25 oz / 432 g) white or yellow cake mix
- 1 cup (240 ml) water
- ½ cup (120 ml) vegetable oil
- 3 large eggs
- Food coloring: black, orange, purple, and green (gel preferred for bold color)
- 2 cups (250 g) powdered sugar
- 3–4 tbsp milk (adjust for consistency)
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- Halloween sprinkles or candy eyes (optional)
- Additional colored icing for drizzling (orange, purple, black, or green)
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350°F (175°C). Grease and flour your Bundt pan thoroughly, ensuring every ridge is coated for easy release.
- In a large bowl, combine the cake mix, water, oil, and eggs. Beat with an electric mixer on medium speed for 2 minutes until the batter is smooth and light.
- Divide the cake batter evenly into four separate bowls. Add a different food coloring to each bowl—black, orange, purple, and green. Stir each color until it is vivid and evenly blended.
- Pour the colored batters one at a time into the prepared Bundt pan. Alternate the colors as you pour. The natural layering will create a marbled effect as the cake bakes.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 40–45 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the Halloween Bundt Cake comes out clean.
- Allow the cake to cool in the Bundt pan for 10–15 minutes. Gently invert the cake onto a wire rack and let it cool completely before decorating.
- While the cake cools, prepare the glaze. In a small bowl, whisk together the powdered sugar, vanilla extract, and milk until smooth and thick, yet pourable. Add a few drops of milk if needed to reach the desired consistency.
- Once the Halloween Bundt Cake is completely cool, drizzle the white glaze over the top. For an extra spooky touch, tint small portions of the glaze with food coloring (orange, purple, green, and black). Drizzle these colored icings over the white glaze using piping bags or spoons.
- Add finishing touches such as Halloween sprinkles or candy eyes for a festive look. Let the glaze set for 15–20 minutes before slicing and serving your Halloween Bundt Cake.
Notes
- Use gel food coloring for the most vibrant and bold colors.
- Thoroughly grease and flour your Bundt pan, especially the crevices, to prevent sticking.
- Ensure the cake is completely cool before applying the glaze to prevent it from melting.
- For a moister cake, you can substitute milk for water in the cake batter.
- Check for doneness a few minutes before the recommended baking time to avoid overbaking.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 45 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baked
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 slice
- Calories: 320
- Sugar: 38g
- Sodium: N/A
- Fat: 13g
- Saturated Fat: N/A
- Unsaturated Fat: N/A
- Trans Fat: N/A
- Carbohydrates: 50g
- Fiber: 0g
- Protein: 3g
- Cholesterol: N/A