Ingredients

  • Dark Cake
  • 18 1/4 ounces devil's food cake mix, Devil's Food Cake Soaked in Rum
  • Ghostly Cheese Filling into cake
  • 8 ounces cream cheese, softened
  • 1 lb ricotta cheese
  • 4 eggs, room temperature and beaten
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 teaspoon rum extract
  • Optional kick
  • 1/3 cup dark rum (optional)
  • Vampire Blood Raspberry filling
  • 1/3 cup raspberry preserves, room temperature and whipped with a fork to loosen
  • Creepy Dark Frosting
  • 2/3 cup dark cocoa, Dutch processed
  • 3 cups powdered sugar
  • 1 pinch salt
  • 1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper, optional of course (this is the secret ingredient) (optional)
  • 1/2 cup unsalted butter, melted
  • 1/3 cup milk
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 teaspoon rum extract

Method

  • Pre heat oven to 350 degrees.
  • Grease and flour 2 9 inch pans.
  • Make your choice of devil`s food cake as directed.
  • Pour evenly into pans.
  • Mix Ghostly Cheese Filling ingredients together and pour over cake mix. Be sure to not mix in it will sink as it bakes.
  • Bake for 1 hour.
  • Creepy Dark Frosting:
  • Meanwhile in a food processor with metal blade sift sugar, cocoa, salt & Cayenne by pulsing ingredients.
  • Add remaining Creepy Dark Frosting ingredients and pulse till smooth.
  • Cool cake for 5 minutes in pans then carefully invert to rack or dish pour optional rum evenly over both layers of cake then set aside to cool 10 minutes.
  • Key to assembling is to have to cake somewhat warm so the frosting creeps --
  • Place one layer on cake dish.
  • Pipe a ring of frosting around edge on cake and place raspberry filling inside.
  • Place second layer of cake on top.
  • Spread frosting on sides and top of cake.
  • Key:
  • If cake is warm it will ooze, chill as soon as you are done frosting. Touch up the frosting if you need too and decorate as Creepy as you want!