Haunted House Part 1: Spooky Chocolate Trees

• Download and Print spooky tree templates on paper (see TEMPLATE #4 below)
• Place templates on a board (anything that will NOT bend – I used a large cutting board)
• Cover templates with wax paper
• Melt chocolate in piping bag
• Use scissors to cut the tip of the piping bag – START OUT VERY SMALL – you can make it bigger, but you can’t make it smaller 😜
• Line up where your lollipop stick will be and trim if necessary
• Pipe chocolate, place the lollipop stick, and cover with more chocolate
• Pipe some spooky branches
• Place entire board in the refrigerator for at least 30 minutes
• Peel gently from wax paper
• Adhere to cake board with small amount of melted chocolate

I know what you are going to ask next… “YIKES!!! What if they break?!?!?!?”  😱

No worries!!! Don’t you know that chocolate fixes EVERYTHING!?!?!?! 😜

Seriously though… They can be slightly fragile, but all you have to do is glue them back together with a little more chocolate. 🙂

Bet you couldn’t even tell that one of my trees broke in two places. A little more chocolate to glue it back together and you couldn’t even tell!

Of course, you can always make extras and eat the broken evidence LOL 😉

Templates Available for Download

Cake Structure:

• I started with two 8″ round chocolate cakes (see red circle shown in templates).
• After stacking and filling them with dark chocolate ganache, I applied Template #1 and trimmed the outside edges to match the shape.
• Then I cut the horizontal roof line so I could add a support board.
• Each section (above roof line and below roof line) was cut into two horizontal layers and filled with more dark chocolate ganache.
• Four short straws were inserted in the main section to support the roof section.

 

Door and Windows:

NOTE: The two side windows were duplicates of the smallest front window.

Spooky Trees:

Now we can move on to the video…

Video Tutorial: Haunted House Cake – Part 1 Spooky Chocolate Trees

How did you like that spooky background music? Special thanks to Adultz94 for allowing me to use his Creepy Haunted House Organ Music! 🏚️

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Making Spooky Memories with Custom Birthday Cakes 👻

By now, you probably know that I think my hubby is the best husband in the world! 🎃

But did you know that he is really just a little kid hiding at heart? ❤️

It’s sooooo true!!! Case in point, he asked for a UFO cake last year… 👽

Due to our schedules, we had to celebrate his birthday a week late this year. And since he turned 55, I wanted his cake to be extra fun… 💀

So I wasn’t surprised in the least when he asked for a Haunted House. 🏚️

Inside: Sinful Decadence Chocolate Cake with Dark Chocolate Ganache Filling.

Outside: Dark Chocolate Ganache and Marshmallow Fondant.

100% Edible Decorations include:
-Spooky Trees made with Dark Chocolate 🍫
-Tombstones, Door, Fence, Pathway, and Grass made with Candy Melts
-Black Cat, Jack-O-Lanterns and Pumpkins made with Fondant 🎃
-Bones and Insects are purchased candy sprinkles
-Dirt made with crumbled Chocolate Cake
-Flying Bats & Ghosts are made with Fondant and suspended with Japanese Rice Noodles 🦇 👻

Happy Happy Haunted 55^th Birthday Gerry!!! 🎂

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Now it’s YOUR turn…

Grab your supplies, melt your chocolate, and make some Spooky Chocolate Trees!

And I hope you will take the time to watch all four videos in this series:

• PART ONE – SPOOKY CHOCOLATE TREES
• PART TWO – WINDOWS AND SIDING
• PART THREE – ROOF SHINGLES
• PART FOUR – CREEPY BOARD, BATS AND GHOSTS

Until next time! 🙂

Loving life, having fun, and Making Memories with Custom Cakes ❤️

 

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