Halloween cake recipes

Serve up a feline-themed treat this Halloween with this family-friendly chocolate cake. Kids will love getting involved with the cute black cat decoration

Enjoy our autumnal spiced pumpkin cake. With an orange buttercream and white chocolate ghost topping, it will go down a treat at a Halloween party!

Make this ghoulishly good Halloween pumpkin cake for a sweet party showstopper. It's great for using up leftover pumpkin and tastes similar to carrot cake.

What says 'Halloween party' more than this cake? Fondant icing, strawberry jam and red food colouring are the secrets behind the 'blood' topping and filling

The perfect centrepiece for a Halloween celebration, this cake is guaranteed to make your party extra spooky

This cake uses a few shortcuts but the final result is a deliciously impressive dulce de leche and pumpkin spice-filled sponge

Bake our Halloween cupcakes for your little monsters. With black velvet sponge and scary faces made using simple icing techniques, they're spookily good

Swiss meringue buttercream icing transformed into a spooky Halloween showstopper - this rich chocolate sponge will be the guest of honour at any Halloween party

Terrify and delight this Halloween with a dramatic chocolate red velvet cake, sandwiched with an easy cream cheese frosting

Use grated pumpkin or butternut squash for these gorgeous, spiced cupcakes

These eerie eyeball chocolate cake pops will be a hit with kids at Halloween - they can help decorate them too

Special Hallowe'en chocolatey bakes for lucky trick or treaters - you can make ahead and freeze

Delicious and simple chocolate cup cakes to make with the kids at Halloween - real crowd-pleasers

Children will have great fun decorating these at Halloween parties

Make this moist, cake-like pumpkin bread for a seasonal treat. Best served thickly sliced with butter or a drizzle of maple syrup, and a cup of tea.

Made with melted marshmallows, these spooky little Halloween ghost cakes are both chewy and crisp

These will be a big hit at Halloween – sticky, crunchy and
chewy in one bite

Forget packets of sweets – if you want a real treat at Halloween, these decadent spooky brownies will do the trick. Both kids and adults will love them

If you're after a sweet treat to serve this Halloween, rustle up a batch of these ghoulish vanilla cupcakes. They'll be a hit with kids and grown-ups alike