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White chocolate skull cake filled with cherry “brains” and dusted with cocoa for a spooky Halloween dessert

Cherry Chocolate Skulls

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This Cherry Chocolate Skull Cake is the ultimate Halloween dessert—moist chocolate cake filled with cherry “brains” and encased in a white chocolate skull shell.
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Course: Dessert
Ingredients Equipment Method

Ingredients
  

Ingredients
  • 1 batch of your favorite chocolate cake batter
  • 2 cups white chocolate chips or melting wafers
  • 1 21-oz can cherry pie filling
  • Cocoa powder for dusting

Equipment

  • Skull cake mold (silicone or metal)

Method
 

Bake the Cake:
  1. Preheat oven to 350°F.
  2. Grease and flour the skull mold well.
  3. Fill with chocolate cake batter and bake until a toothpick comes out clean (time depends on mold size, ~30–40 min).
  4. Cool completely, then gently remove cake.
Prepare the Shell:
  1. Clean and dry the mold.
  2. Melt white chocolate until smooth.
  3. Spoon or brush a generous layer inside the mold, covering every detail. Chill until firm.
Assemble the Skull:
  1. Trim a thin slice from the top of the cooled cake (the “brain cap”).
  2. Set cake back into the white-chocolate-lined mold.
  3. Spoon cherry pie filling into the cavity where the “brain” goes.
  4. Replace the trimmed piece of cake on top.
Seal & Chill:
  1. Cover the back with more melted white chocolate, sealing the filling inside.
  2. Refrigerate until completely set.
Unmold & Finish:
  1. Carefully pop the skull out of the mold.
  2. Lightly dust cocoa powder into the eye sockets, around the teeth, and along contours for an aged look.