These Skeleton Coffin Cakes are fun and easy to make, look great, and are of course delicious! Ideal as a teatime dessert, Halloween party food, spooky buffet addition, or 'trick' or treat offering.
To celebrate our new line of chocolate skull cake toppers, we've put together an 'ultra' easy, cheats cupcake recipe using a packet sponge mix, however if you prefer to make your sponge cakes from scratch, find a full recipe here.
Makes approx 8 coffin cakes
Ingredients
Sponge Packet Mix - preferably chocolate or any dark coloured sponge mix
Eggs - number required is dependant packet instructions
Milk / Oil - dependant on packet instructions
Black food colouring - optional
White icing gel or pen
Robins and Sons Chocolate Skull Cake Toppers
Equipment
Mixing bowl
2 x Oblong baking tins (30cm x 18cm) TIP - we used deep oven trays, but any oblong shaped baking tin will do, just cut sponge into desired portion sizes.
Wooden spoon for mixing
Greaseproof paper / parchment
Preheat oven to 1900C / 3750F
Method:
1. Make up the packet sponge according to the instructions and divide into 2 separate bowls and add black food colouring - optional.
2. Line the baking tray with greaseproof paper / parchment. This is important as it makes lifting the sponge out of the tin much easier and less prone to breaking.
3. Pour in your batter and bake in the oven according to instructions. Leave to cool.
4. Once cool, use a flat edged knife to loosen the sides of the sponge from the tin, and lift out using the parchment. Leave the sponge on the parchment, then proceed to cut into 4 equal portions lengthwise.
5. Remove one sponge piece at a time to decorate, leaving the remainder of the sponge attached to the parchment.
Step 1 - Place the chocolate skull cake topper at the very top of the sponge piece
Step 2 - Using the writing icing / gel pen, draw one vertical line from the base of the skull to a little less than the half way point of the sponge piece. Add 3 horizontal lines crossing the vertical line, decreasing in length as they move down the sponge, to represent the ribcage.
Step 3 - Starting at each end of the top / longest horizontal line, draw 2 angled downward lines. These should end just below the bottom of the 'ribcage' and represent the arms.
Step 4 - At the bottom of the 'ribcage', draw a small oblong shape to represent the pelvis, then 2 further vertical lines from the pelvis to the bottom of the sponge to represent the legs, with a further 2 horizontal flicks at the bottom of the lines to represent the feet.
Still looking for Halloween party food ideas? Check out our other recipes:
Ghostly Ghouls Halloween Party Cake
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