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Halloween baking ideas

Spooky monster cupcakes, showstopping bat-covered cakes and perfect pumpkin pies - we've got lots of Halloween baking recipes to make sure your Halloween is a scream!

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Chocolate mug cakes are given a spooky twist in this quick and easy Halloween recipe
Frankenstein mug cakes
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Your Halloween party will be complete with this truly spook-tacular Devil's food cake! Three layers of moist chocolate sponge are sandwiched with rich, dark chocolate ganache for a really indulgent treat
Devil's food cake
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Make these cupcakes with the kids, for something fun that all the family will enjoy doing together – and eating together! Blackberry is the perfect autumnal fruit for the cakes, while the marshmellow toppings look great once decorated (and taste divine, too).
Spooky blackberry cupcakes with marshmallow skulls
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These spooktacular gingerbread zombies are ghoulishly good and terrifyingly tasty. The little ones will love creating their very own scary monsters and with this easy Halloween recipe your party's sure to be a scream
Gingerbread zombies
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Scare your little ones with these garish, grinning monster cupcakes, try them if you dare
Toothy green monster cupcakes
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Halloween is the perfect time for pushing the boat out with your confectionary creations. This spider's nest cake might be spooky on the outside thanks to some nifty decoration but its delicious surprise cake ball interior is anything but.
Spider's nest cake
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These scary gingerbread biscuits are a great addition to any Halloween party spread. Sweet gingerbread biscuits are transformed into terrifying treats with a splattering of red icing
Blood-splattered gingerbread biscuits
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The perfect savoury treat to serve at your Halloween party, these delicious pork pies are filled with succulent sausage meat, herby stuffing and a fiery chilli chutney
Halloween pies
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Pumpkin pie
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Bursting full of flavour, this classic pumpkin pie is filled with richly spiced golden-orange pumpkin on a delicious rustic shortcrust pastry base
  • Serves 16
  • 45 mins to prepare, 1 hr and 10 mins to cook
  • 298 calories
Devil's food cake
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Your Halloween party will be complete with this truly spook-tacular Devil's food cake! Three layers of moist chocolate sponge are sandwiched with rich, dark chocolate ganache for a really indulgent treat
  • Serves 16
  • 45 mins to prepare and 40 mins to cook, plus cooling
  • 587 calories
Chocolate orange cheesecake
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This spooky chocolate orange cheesecake recipe is the perfect dessert for your Halloween party. With a crumbly Oreo base, cream cheese chocolate filling and an orange jelly top, it's guaranteed to impress
  • Serves 16
  • 45 mins to prepare, plus setting and cooling
  • 372 calories
Halloween cake
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Cast a spell with this show-stopping Halloween cake that's guaranteed to make your party spooktacular. Kids will love the chocolate bat biscuits and ghoulish white chocolate ghosts, and the butterscotch cake is scarily delicious!
  • Serves 24
  • 2 hrs to prepare and 1 hr to cook
  • 598 calories
Vanessa’s ‘not so scary’ chocolate slime tart
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Make this chocolate slime tart with a gooey green custard filling for Halloween this year and surprise everyone when you slice it open
  • Serves 12
  • takes 45 mins, plus cooling and chilling
  • 348 calories
Marbled brownies
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These chocolate brownies are exceptionally rich and are best enjoyed as a treat
  • Serves 12
  • 125 mins
  • 550 calories
Spider's nest cake
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Halloween is the perfect time for pushing the boat out with your confectionary creations. This spider's nest cake might be spooky on the outside thanks to some nifty decoration but its delicious surprise cake ball interior is anything but.
  • Serves 24
  • 2 hours to prepare, 45 mins to cook, plus chilling and setting
  • 568 calories
Toothy green monster cupcakes
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Scare your little ones with these garish, grinning monster cupcakes, try them if you dare
  • Serves 12
  • 44 mins
  • 391 calories
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