Easy Halloween Bundt Cake

Celebrating doesn’t get any more festive and fun than this Easy Halloween Bundt Cake! If you can follow the directions on a cake box, you’ve got this cake mastered! It’s orange and black layers, and colorful icing drizzle are that easy!

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Halloween is right around the corner and I feel like I’m not even close to being ready! My house is decorated and I’ve been whipping up plenty of pumpkin desserts like these Pumpkin Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies, Pumpkin Magic Bars, and the most fun Pumpkin Carrots ever!

When it comes to costumes I’m a party pooper! Not even kidding! My baby has been a bull rider since he was old enough to tell me what he wanted to be and I’m completely okay with it. All I have to do is pull is life jacket (bull riding vest) out of the boating tote, throw his cowboy hat on him, draw a mustache on him with my never used eyebrow pencil, and he’s off!

Now that my kids are older now so Halloween costumes aren’t such a big deal…thank heavens! Celebrating with festive orange and black food always makes the day feel like a holiday, and in my opinion it’s way more fun that wasting $$$ on costumes anyway!

For those of you that are creatively awesome moms who spend hours sewing and crafting Halloween costumes, I’ve got you covered on the creative food end of the holiday! This Easy Halloween Bundt Cake is seriously the easiest recipe in the world to whip together! If you can stir a cake mix together and open a can of frosting your totally qualified to make this cake! Don’t you love it?

What is the difference between food coloring and food coloring gel?

Food coloring gel is more concentrated than traditional food coloring. When using gel you will need less to get a bold color.

Food coloring gel has less liquid than traditional food coloring and that’s important when you’re making candies and some frosting.

Food coloring gel is the secret to baking this cake with vibrant black and orange layers. This food coloring gel set from Amazon has plenty of fun colors to get you started! Don’t be shy here, use enough to really get the bold colors you’re after.

Another little tip is that I added a few Tablespoons of cocoa to the cake batter that was supposed to be black in addition to adding plenty of black food coloring gel. Of course flavoring it like chocolate never hurt and thing! Besides that it helps darken the cake batter so it doesn’t need quite as much food gel to get that nice black cake layer. I used the same method when I was coloring the icing!

How to assemble Easy Halloween Bundt Cake

Using a white cake mix and follow the instructions on the back of the box to mix the cake together.

Once the cake is mixed take one cup of the cake batter and put it in a separate bowl. Remove one more cup of batter and add to another bowl. Color one cup of batter orange. Color one cup of batter black. Leave the remaining batter white.

Be sure to grease the bundt pan (I love this bundt pan because it has little handles) really well. I always use this floured baking spray. It works like a dream!

This cake recipe is so easy you don’t even need to stir or swirl the layers as you add them to the bundt pan. Pour in the first layer, add the middle layer, then add the final layer and pop it in the oven! It will create perfect layers as it bakes! Easy as that!

Bake the cake as directed on the cake mix.

Can I use canned frosting to create icing drizzle?

You better believe it! How easy is this?

Microwave a can of white frosting in the microwave for about 10-15 seconds or until it’s drizzling consistency. Stir. Then use a spoon to drizzle icing over the cake. Divide remaining frosting in half and add orange food coloring to one part, and cocoa and black food coloring to the other part. Stir together and drizzle.

Be sure to put bundt cake on a cooling rack, and set the cooling rack on a baking sheet or over a piece of wax paper before drizzling icing over it. That makes clean up a breeze!

Easy Halloween Bundt Cake is such a festive cake!

Of course adding sprinkles makes the whole cake even more fun! Get as carried away as you’d like!

You are going to fall in love with not only how cute, but how simple this Easy Halloween Bundt Cake is to make! It’s has fun layers of  black, orange, and white cake inside and gets frosted with festive icing and of course sprinkles! Sprinkles are always an important addition!

By the way, I ordered this hairy chest/back t-shirts for my oldest two boys to wear for Halloween costumes this year! I hope they are considered appropriate for school!