Jack Skellington Cake Recipe: The Easiest Halloween Cake for "The Nightmare Before Christmas" Fans Holidays Cakes/Cupcakes
Who doesn’t recognize the face of Jack Skellington, the infamous main character in Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas? If you want to make a Jack Skellington cake for Halloween or another themed party but think it’ll take pounds of fondant, buttercream icing and wine (to calm your nerves), think again! This cake starts with a boxed cake mix and the face is simply powdered sugar. To help with the face, either draw a pattern and then cut it out, or you can find a Jack Skellington printable face template online.
Cuisine: American
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 20 to 25 minutes
Total Time: 25 to 30 minutes
Ingredients
- 1 box chocolate cake mix, plus ingredients to make it
- powdered sugar
Here's how to make it:
- Bake the cake mix according to package directions for a round cake. Allow to cool completely.
- Lay your printed out or drawn template on top of the cake.
- Sift the powdered sugar over the template.
- Carefully remove the template to keep any sugar from falling on other parts of the cake.
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