Haunted Castle Cake Recipe

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Haunted Castle Cake
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Ingredients
16
Count
Nutrition
728
Calories
Total time
15
Minutes
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Ingredients:

Directions:

  1. In a large bowl, combine cookie dough and flour. Press into a 15-in. x 10-in. x 1-in. baking pan lined with nonstick foil or parchment paper. Bake at 350° for 12-14 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool completely before carefully removing to a cutting board.
  2. Trace full patterns onto waxed paper; cut out. Arrange patterns over baked cookie. With a serrated knife and a sawing motion, cut out castle pieces and tombstones. Set cutouts aside.
  3. To make icing: In a large bowl, combine the first three icing ingredients; add water and vanilla. Beat on low speed until blended. Beat on high for 4-5 minutes or until stiff peaks form. Remove 1/4 cup icing and tint orange. Place a damp cloth over bowl and cover tightly between uses.
  4. To decorate: Place all castle pieces on a parchment paper-lined work surface. Insert #4 tip into a pastry bag; fill with orange icing. Pipe a window outline on piece A and a door outline on piece B (do not fill in). Pipe and fill in two windows on piece B and one window on each C piece. Press Tic Tacs around all windows.
  5. Remove 1/4 cup icing and tint black. Insert #4 tip into pastry bag; fill with black icing. Outline castle pieces and tombstones in black. Fill in window on piece A and door. On parchment paper, pipe 2-1/2-in. bat and cat shapes. Place a damp paper towel over pastry tip, place in a small resealable bag and set aside. Add pearl dragees for cat and bat eyes; add pupils if desired.
  6. Insert #4 tip into pastry bag; fill with 1/4 cup white icing. Carefully pipe white icing mortar between Tic Tacs. On parchment paper, pipe 2-in. ghosts. Tint some white icing gray and thin if necessary; fill in tombstones.
  7. Remove 3/4 cup reserved icing and tint violet. Insert #46 tip into pastry bag; add 1/3 cup of the violet icing. On waxed paper, pipe 12-15 fence sections. (Each section has three strips, about 1 to 1-1/2-in. long.) Set aside 1 tablespoon violet icing for bricks. Thin remaining violet icing with 1-2 teaspoons water. Insert #6 tip into pastry bag; fill with thinned icing. Fill in castle pieces with thinned icing.
  8. Tint remaining icing brown. Using tips #4 and 6, pipe a tree onto parchment paper. Let all pieces dry for 24 hours.
  9. With a paintbrush and reserved dark violet icing, add brick designs to castle pieces; let dry.
  10. Prepare and bake cake according to package directions, using two greased 9-in. round baking pans. Tint buttercream frosting green. Spread frosting between layers and over the top and sides of cake.
  11. To assemble: Just before serving, add each castle piece to cake and support with skewers. Just behind the center of the cake, make a 3-in. wide x 1-in.- deep cut into the cake; gently insert castle piece B. About 1 in. behind piece B, make a 1-1/2-in. wide x 1-in.-deep cut into the cake; insert piece A. For C pieces, make 1-1/2-in. x 1-in.-deep cuts in front and on each side of piece B; add remaining pieces.
  12. Finishing touches: If desired, add phrases and a bunch of flowers to the tombstones; arrange on cake. Add faces on the ghosts; attach ghosts and bat with icing. Add the cat, trees and fence. Yield: 1 haunted castle.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 727.92 Kcal (3048 kJ)
Calories from fat 100.56 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 11.17g 17%
Cholesterol 6.25mg 2%
Sodium 123.52mg 5%
Potassium 82.62mg 2%
Total Carbs 154.92g 52%
Sugars 101.42g 406%
Dietary Fiber 0.39g 2%
Protein 5.66g 11%
Vitamin C 0.1mg 0%
Iron 4.1mg 23%
Calcium 4.4mg 0%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 312.5 Kcal (1308 kJ)
Calories from fat 43.17 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 4.8g 17%
Cholesterol 2.68mg 2%
Sodium 53.03mg 5%
Potassium 35.47mg 2%
Total Carbs 66.51g 52%
Sugars 43.54g 406%
Dietary Fiber 0.17g 2%
Protein 2.43g 11%
Iron 1.8mg 23%
Calcium 1.9mg 0%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Find out how many calories should you eat.

Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Weightwatchers Points

  • 15.4
    Points
  • 20
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free,
  • low sodium,
  • low cholesterol

Bad Points

  • High in Sugar

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