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Halloween Chocolate Tray Bake Cake

5 from 1 vote
Prep Time: 45 minutes
Cook Time: 45 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour 30 minutes
Servings: 12
Calories: 590kcal
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Halloween Chocolate Tray Bake a wonderful moist cake, topped with smooth chocolate buttercream and decorated with spooky Oreos - easy!

Equipment

  • 1 Traybake cake tin Size - 8 x 12 inches / 32cm x 22cm
  • 1 Cooling rack
  • 1 Baking Paper

Ingredients

  • CAKE
  • 250 g Self - raising Flour
  • 80 g Cocoa Powder
  • 1 teasp Baking Powder
  • 300 g Golden Caster Sugar
  • 3 Medium Eggs Free-Range
  • 180 ml Vegetable Oil
  • 300 ml Milk
  • 1 teasp Vanilla Extract
  • BUTTERCREAM
  • 150 g Butter Softened
  • 300 g Icing Sugar Sieved
  • 50 g Cocoa Powder Sieved
  • 2 Tbsp Milk
  • DECORATION
  • 12 Oeros
  • Edible Eyes Remove before eating (my advice)
  • Sprinkles

Instructions

  • CAKE
  • Preheat your oven 180C / 160C (fan) / 350F / Gas4
  • Grease and line your 8 x 12 inches / 32cm x 22cm tin. Please place your balking parchment over the edges. This will help after baking to lift cake out tin
  • In a large bowl add your dry ingredients, self-raising flour, cocoa powder, baking powder & golden caster sugar and mix well
  • Add your vegetable oil, 3 eggs, milk and vanilla extract. Using a large whisk and beat until smooth, no lumps. It will be a pouring consistency
  • Bake in the centre of the preheated oven for 40-45 minutes, until firm to the touch. Please remember all ovens vary
  • Once baked remove from the oven and leave to cool in the tin for 15 minutes
  • After 15 minute pop a cooling rack on top of the tin and invert, removing our baking paper. Leave to completely cool
  • Buttercream
  • Cream your butter, icing sugar and cocoa powder until smooth, adding your milk one tablespoon at a time. Should be a lovely chocolaty flavour and super smooth
  • Decorate
  • Pop your edible eyes on your Oreos - using a tiny bit of butter cream and place on one side
  • Add your buttercream top the top of your sponge, using a knife to spread to the sides
    Chocolate sponge iced in chocolate butter cream
  • Then pop your Oreos, 3 in a row, for 4 rows on top of your buttercream. Go mad with your sprinkles :-)
  • Slice and enjoy!

Notes

**** Nutritional information is approximate and intended as a guide 
The nutritional information is worked on 12 servings - buy it could easy feed 24 people - so half the calories if you do serve as 24 pieces

Nutrition

Nutrition Facts
Halloween Chocolate Tray Bake Cake
Amount per Serving
Calories
590
% Daily Value*
Fat
 
30
g
46
%
Saturated Fat
 
11
g
69
%
Trans Fat
 
1
g
Polyunsaturated Fat
 
9
g
Monounsaturated Fat
 
8
g
Cholesterol
 
70
mg
23
%
Sodium
 
201
mg
9
%
Potassium
 
304
mg
9
%
Carbohydrates
 
81
g
27
%
Fiber
 
5
g
21
%
Sugar
 
55
g
61
%
Protein
 
8
g
16
%
Vitamin A
 
400
IU
8
%
Vitamin C
 
0.1
mg
0
%
Calcium
 
102
mg
10
%
Iron
 
4
mg
22
%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.