Looking for truly haunting Halloween cake ideas? From jolly jack-o-lanterns to ghoulish ghost and goblin Halloween cakes, browse our collection of Halloween cake decorating ideas to find the perfect one for your celebration. Beginners and experts alike will find festive Halloween cake recipes and ideas with easy to follow, detailed instructions to create a delicious treat that everyone will enjoy.
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The Creepiest Cranium Cake
Difficulty: Medium
If this creature doesn’t scare the dead, we don’t know what will. Our skull cake is covered with fondant tinted in realistic and creepy shades. The hanging eyeball adds the finishing touch.
Pirate Ship Cake
Difficulty: Somewhat Easy
The Jolly Roger is flying high on this ghost ship! Simple techniques are all you need to decorate your pirate ship cake for Halloween or birthday celebrations.
Monster High Cake
Difficulty: No reviews
All your screams will come true when you decorate this freaky fabulous Monster High cake for your favorite ghoul’s birthday. It’s easy to create, using the Wilton Monster High Cake pan.
Welcome to the Web Checkerboard Cake
Difficulty: Medium
Your Halloween guests will certainly be ensnared with this amazing cake. When you slice the cake open, they won’t believe their eyes—a bloody checkerboard pattern! Create this eerie delight with the Wilton Checkerboard Cake Pan Set.
Day of the Dead Head Cake
Difficulty: Medium
A great way to join the fine Mexican tradition of celebrating death with lively commemorations using bright colors in food, flower and costumes. Our 3-D Skull Pan cake transforms into a beautiful mask covered with white fondant and “painted” with icing colors and Gold Pear Dust. Let parties begin.
Creepy Castle Cake
Difficulty: Medium
What’s more dark and foreboding than a creepy castle on Halloween?! Use our Romantic Castle Cake Set to build one monstrous abode.
Spiced-Up 3-D Pumpkin Cake
Difficulty: Medium
There’s nothing better than the welcoming aromas of spice cake baking on a brisk autumn day. Our pumpkin spice cake is filled with buttercream icing and topped with a fondant stem and leaves. Poured Wilton Decorator Icing gives it the final touch.
Good Housecreeping Cake
Difficulty: Somewhat Difficult
This old haunt is custom-built with Color Flow windows and doors, gingerbread roof panels and royal icing fences and turrets.
Too Ghoul Casket 3-D Cake
Difficulty: Medium
Cause a fright and some delight when you serve this eerie cake this Halloween! Wilton Dimensions® Skeleton In Casket 3-D Pan gives this character his gruesome shape.
Jolly Jack-0-Lantern 3-D Cake
Difficulty: Easy
Our Jack-O-Lantern cake will make quite a statement at your Halloween festivities. Create yours using the Dimensions 3-D Pumpkin Pan.
Candy Corn Cheesecake
Difficulty: Somewhat Easy
It’s the best of both worlds. A delicious cheesecake made to resemble Halloween candy corn. The magic begins with our Checkerboard Cake Pan. It allows three different color batters to be baked at the same time. The results, a look of candy corn with the rich taste of cheesecake. Only treats here!
Pumpkin and Ghosts Checkerboard Cake
Difficulty: Somewhat Easy
Bake up one spook-tacular cake this Halloween using the Wilton Checkerboard Cake Pan. Tiny piped pumpkins add border interest to this happy hallowed cake.
She's Weaving Home Cake
Difficulty: Medium
Talk about time to upgrade! This larger than life spider needs more growing room. Made from our Sports Ball Pan and resting on a 12 in. Round Cake, this spider needs some room to stretch his legs along with his fancy shoes.
Creepy Skeleton Casket 3-D Cake
Difficulty: Easy
This skeleton is such a scream! Use Wilton Dimensions® Skeleton In Casket 3-D Pan to create this creepy cake—perfect for any Halloween celebration.
There Goes the Bride! Cake
Difficulty: Somewhat Easy
She’s back from the dead and ready to party! Made with Wonder Mold pan and Teen Doll Pick. She’s dressed and ready find her long-lost Frankenstein.

