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15 Simple Halloween Cake Ideas That You Can Do

Hi, Ghouls & Monsters! I’m back with my annual Halloween Cake inspiration blog post but this time, I’ll be focusing on simple Halloween cake ideas that you can do or have the cake done for your next Halloween! When I say simple, I am referring to cakes that are not too fussy and with 2-3 sets of cake elements.

Simple Halloween Cake Ideas

Spooky Halloween Cake

Spooky Halloween Cake
Spooky Halloween Cake
You are Next Spooky Halloween Cake

I loved making this spooky bloody heart cake! It checks all of my Halloween must-haves for a simple Halloween cake, ruffle buttercream border, sprinkles, blood splatter, chocolate heart, and drip. I know I just contradicted myself on simple cake elements but this is a simple cake for myself. 😆 You can always do a buttercream border, sprinkles, and blood splatter! Setting up the spooky scene for the photography was so much fun as well! I had to add a scary message on the top of the cake to ramp up the creep factor! I used this mold for the chocolate heart, edible red paint (you also can dilute red food coloring with vodka to get the same effect) for the splatter, “Cold Case” Fancy Sprinkles blend which has candy eyeballs, and my trusty 1M piping tip for the buttercream border.

Boo Mini Cake

Boo Mini Cake
Cake By @cakedbycrystal

This adorable one-layer cake is perfect for a Halloween treat for kids!!

Simple Frankenstein Cake

Simple Frankenstein Cake
Cake By @4cake_sake

This is a great way to do a Frankenstein cake by using a bit of fondant for the eyes, ears, and bolts. The rest of the Halloween cake decorations is buttercream!

Black Halloween Candy Cake

Black Halloween Candy Cake
Cake By @cake_n_tyla

What a fun cake! The best part of this, you can put a mini Jack O’ Lantern bucket filled with candy and add some sprinkles on the bottom.

Purple Halloween Drip Cake

Purple Halloween Drip Cake
Cake By @saucybakes

This gorgeous cake with Halloween candy on the top will delight your party guests!

Colorful Ghost Sheet Cake

Colorful Ghost Sheet Cake
Cake by @roxstarbakes

I love this cute ghost sheet cake and it will be great for a Halloween dessert table. Check out how to make it on her YouTube!

Monster Eye Cake

Monster Eye Cake
Cake by @themadbatterxo

This cake just gives me all of the spooky vibes and I love it! Here’s a tip. Use black cocoa powder to achieve super black frosting along with black food gel coloring and a bit of time.

Halloween Candy Cake

Halloween Candy Cake
Cake By @kynleysconfections

Using Halloween candy and sprinkles on the whole cake is one of the easy ways you can do it for Halloween! A fun twist to this cake is to turn it into an easy graveyard dirt cake using gummy worms.

Haunted House Cake

Haunted House Cake
Cake by @savingcakes

I’m loving this fun haunted cake with fondant accents! Fondant not your thing? You can do chocolate pumpkins and bats using a mold.

Marshmallow Webs & Spiders Cake

Marshmallow Webs & Spiders Cake
Cake by @baldwin_bakes

One of the prettiest spider web cakes. Using a bit of marshmallow will make it easy to achieve this fun effect!

Spooky Ghost Cake

Spooky Ghost Cake
Cake by @cupcakesandconfetti1

Love this creative cake using ghost royal icing to spell out the word. Check out her recent cake interview here.

Trick or Treat Cake

Trick or Treat Cake
Cake by @phenecakes

So cute! Using cake toppers and acrylic cake decorations are also a great way to add to the cake!

Black Cat Bento Cake

Black Cat Bento Cake
Cake by @siftedcakecopdx

How darling! Bento cakes are perfect sweet treats for Halloween parties. She achieved the cat by using a cat cookie cutter and fondant.

Halloween Pumpkin Cake

Halloween Pumpkin Cake
Cake by @loveisbakeable

This is just so much fun to look at! Ganache drips and sprinkles always will be some of my favorite cake decorations. There are premade drip bottles such as Sweet Tooth Fairy if you prefer to skip making the drip.

Poison Apple Cake

Poison Apple Cake
Cake by @xokatierosario

One of fun and easy Halloween cakes using two cake decorating elements! Check her blog post on how to do this cake.

Bonus Halloween Cake Idea

Adorable Halloween Cake

Mummy & Frankenstein Cake
Cake by Laura Contreras

I attended a birthday recently and I fell in love with this amazing mummy & Frankenstein cake, so I had to add this to the cake round up! It’s so cute. The baker did fondant for the mummy wraps and eyes and also for Frankenstein’s eyes. The rest is buttercream. October birthdays are just so much fun with Halloween themes!

Thank you so much for reading and special thanks to the cake decorators who shared their simple Halloween cake ideas!

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