Ingredients
3 cups self-raising flour
(450g)
2 cups caster sugar
(555g)
6 eggs
room temperature
1 cup butter
softened and cubed (250g)
1 cup milk
(250ml)
½ tsp vanilla paste
½ cup caster sugar
for the icing (115g)
½ cup milk
for the icing (125ml)
½ cup cocoa
for the icing
½ cup butter
for the icing (125g)
2 cups icing sugar
(300g)
Smarties
to decorate
Oreos
to decorate
writing icing pens
to decorate
figurines
from your toy box, to decorate
Allergy Advice
Contains Dairy
Contains Eggs
Contains Gluten
Contains Soy
Equipment
- 1 electric mixer
- 1 20cm x 30cm rectangular cake tin
- 1 wire rack
- 1 saucepan
- 1 palate knife
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 180°C (160°C fan-forced) and grease and line a 20cm x 30cm rectangular cake tin.
- Combine all cake ingredients using an electric mixer and beat for 5 minutes.
- Spoon into prepared cake tin and bake for 30 minutes or until the cake is golden and a skewer comes out clean.
- Let cool in tin for about 5 minutes before turning out to cool completely on a wire rack.
- For the icing, combine all ingredients except the icing sugar in a saucepan on medium heat.
- Cook, stirring often, for about 3 minutes, or until the butter melts and you have a lovely thick sauce.
- Remove from heat and set aside to cool completely.
- Beat in the icing sugar until smooth.
- Once the cake is completely cool, spread over the icing.
- Now to decorate! Let the kids’ imaginations run wild. Use Smarties to ‘outline’ each grave, then finely crushed Oreo biscuits to resemble freshly dug graves. Use any little ghoulish toys you have handy, too.
Notes
Tip
You could skip making your own cake and just ice a slab sponge from the bakery or supermarket but the recipe below is super easy and takes only 5 minutes to put together.
Tip
If the writing icing is stiff in the tube just hold the tube in your hand for a minute or two to soften it up.
Variation
Make it a chocolate on chocolate affair by adding a few tablespoons of cocoa powder to the cake mixture before beating.
