Layered Bloody Vampire Cake Recipe
If you want a super simple Halloween cake idea, it doesn’t get any easier than this layered bloody vampire cake recipe. Simple to assemble and delicious to eat, the vampire cake is sure to make everyone smile.
While you can make this cake from scratch as directed, if you have a busy schedule, a cake mix works just fine for this recipe. Just make your homemade icing and follow the decorating directions as listed.
Can I Add More Halloween Cake Decorations to This?
If you wanted to add more Halloween Cake decorations, you certainly could. There are tons of ways to add to this cake without taking away from the vampire theme. I love the idea of adding fake vampire teeth on the top or even making the icing in between layers red to look more like blood leaking out of each slice. You could even add some plastic spiders or bats to the cake!
More Halloween Food Ideas
If you want more fun Halloween food ideas, the list below has some of my favorite recipes to share around the spooky season. So many fun ways you can create easy and yummy snacks or treats that easily fit into the Halloween theme.
- Halloween Black Cat Moon Pie Treats
- Easy Halloween Jello Cups
- Halloween Snack Mix
- Tasty Halloween Monster Sandwich Cookies
Ingredients for Icing
- unsalted sweet cream butter
- powdered sugar
- pure vanilla extract
- heavy whipping cream
- red cookie icing
- Wilton red glitter piping gel
Other equipment needed
- piping bag with large star tip
- piping bag with a medium round tip
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9 inch round cake pans
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parchment paper
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10 inch round cake board
Ingredients for Cake
- whole milk
- pure vanilla extract
- unsalted butter
- sugar
- flour
- baking powder
- eggs
How to Make a Vampire Cake
To begin, you will want to preheat your oven and prepare cake pans for the cake layers.
Next, you will mix together the cake ingredients with dry in one bowl and wet in another. You will then mix together alternating until well blended.
The final step will be to beat your eggs until stiff, then fold them into the cake batter before dividing into the cake pans and popping into the oven.
How to Ice a Vampire Cake Recipe
Prepare your icing by adding all ingredients to your stand mixer and beating until stiff peaks form.
Then you will separate into two portions. One in a piping bag, and the rest in a bowl to spread between the cake layers. 
Layered Bloody Vampire Cake Recipe
Ingredients
White cake Ingredients
- 1 C whole milk
- 2 tsp pure vanilla extract
- 1 C unsalted butter softened
- 2 C sugar
- 3 C flour
- 1 tbsp baking powder
- 5 large egg whites
Vanilla frosting ingredients
- 3 C unsalted sweet cream butter softened
- 6 C powdered sugar
- 2 tbsp pure vanilla extract
- 5-6 tbsp heavy whipping cream
- 1 large piping bag with large star tip
- 1 small piping bag with a medium round tip
- 1 tube of red cookie icing
- 1 tube of wilton red glitter piping gel
Instructions
Cake Directions:
- Preheat oven to 350 degree's and spray all 3 cake pan with pam baking spray and set aside
- In a medium mixing bowl, whisk together the milk and vanilla and set aside
- Using a standing mixer, beat together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy
- In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the flour and baking powder
- Alternating between the milk and dry ingredients, gradually pour into the butter mixture. Mixing on low to medium speed until combined
- Using another large mixing bowl and a hand mixer, beat the eggs until stiff peaks form
- Fold into the cake batter
- Divide the batter evenly between the three cake pans
- Bake in the oven for 23-26 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean in the center
- Allow the cakes to cool completely before removing from cake pans
- Place the cakes onto a cutting board
- Using a cake slicer, remove the domes from the cakes
- Place one layer of cake onto the cake board
Frosting directions:
- Using a standing mixer, beat all ingredients together until stiff peaks form. About 5-7 minutes
- Scoop about 1 C of frosting into the large piping bag
- Scoop about 1 C of frosting onto the first layer and smooth out with a angled spatula
- Place the second layer of cake onto the first layer of frosting
- Scoop another cup of frosting onto the second layer of cake and smooth with evenly
- Place the last layer of cake onto the second layer of frosting
- Scoop remaining frosting onto the cake and cover completely
- Using the red cookie icing, pipe blood drips along the edges of the cake
- Cover the top with the red icing and allow to harden
- Using the piping bag, pipe dollops on top of the cake
- When serving cake slices, use the glitter piping gel to pipe blood drips along the sides of the cake slices
Last Step:
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- 3 9 inch round cake pans
- 3 sheets of parchment paper
- 1 10 inch round cake board
- 1 large piping bag with large star tip
- 1 small piping bag with a medium round tip
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