Halloween: Boo Cake

The Boo Cake is one of our other Halloween traditions and one that the kids remind me of weeks in advance -- when is it time to make the Book cake is a regular refrain all through October :-)  The cake itself is not as important -- it can be pretty much any cake you like -- decorating it is the most important part according to my kids.

 We usually make a chocolate pudding cake (2 packages of Instant pudding, 4 serving size) plus 3-1/2 cups milk and 3 cups whipped topping which has been thawed) with 1/2 a package of crushed up oreo (or similar) cookies added in.  You put this mixture in a 13x9 inch pan and sprinkle the other 1/2 of the crushed oreo cookies on top.  But as I said you can use another kind of cake if you prefer with a chocolate icing, etc.  I just happen to really like this one because I don't have to even bake it :-)

 Once the cake is ready I turn the kids loose to decorate.  Since is ours is a "Boo" cake we always have ghosts -- spoonfuls of whipped topping with mini-chocolate chips eyes/nose.  We use the milano cookies as tombstones and write little messages on them with decorating gel.  The kids add candy pumpkins and sometimes other things like a plastic black cat, etc.  As they get older they get more creative I've noticed.  And before eating we always take a picture for posterity :-)   You can see the Boo cake in the icon for the group (I tried to upload a picture with the article but my dial-up connection is not cooperating!).