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Jack Skellington Cake

October 9, 2014 By Sarah Westover McKenna 7 Comments

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A Jack Skellington Cake for The Nightmare Before Christmas lovers! Too fun!

Hey there, Jack Skellington lovers!  I am super excited to share my Jack Skellington Surprise Cake with you today.  It may look simple and colorless on the outside . . . but inside is a a festive orange and black surprise!  A perfect way to make a simple but impressive cake for a Halloween party!

Before I show you how I made this cake, let’s take a look at the other fabulous black and white Halloween ideas that some of my friends cooked up for today.  Such a talented group of ladies!  Be sure to hop around to their sites and check out their projects in detail.

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A Jack Skellington Cake for The Nightmare Before Christmas lovers! Too fun!

The first weekend in October I wanted to have a festive Halloween dinner followed by a viewing of The Nightmare Before Christmas, so it was only appropriate that I make a Jack Skellington cake, right?!  Plus, I knew it would be easy.  I’m lazy like that.  😉

A Jack Skellington Cake for The Nightmare Before Christmas lovers! Too fun!

To make the cake I whipped up two cake mixes.  (That’s right….cake MIXES — I told you I was lazy!  When it comes to kid food I totally take shortcuts like this.  They care way more about the cute factor than the taste factor!)  I used vanilla cake mixes and dumped about a third of it into a separate bowl.  Next I added a ton of orange gel food coloring into the smaller bowl and a ton of black gel food coloring into the larger bowl and mixed both well until the colors were deep and rich.  I poured them into round cake pans: two black, one orange.

A Jack Skellington Cake for The Nightmare Before Christmas lovers! Too fun!

Because I used two mixes but only three pans they did rise above the rim of the pans, so I used a bread knife to carefully saw off the tops of the cakes until the were level.

A Jack Skellington Cake for The Nightmare Before Christmas lovers! Too fun!

Next I simply frosted in between the layers and stacked them up.  Yep, that’s canned frosting you see.  I have no shame.  😉

A Jack Skellington Cake for The Nightmare Before Christmas lovers! Too fun!

Finally, I frosted the cake!  I made the face by drawing it on freehand with a Betty Crocker Cake Icing can of black frosting.  It looks like a whipping cream spray can and can be found in the baking aisle at most grocery stores.  This would have been SOOOOOO much cuter with fondant, of that I am aware, but I have never used fondant, and I hate the taste anyway.  Plus, I think the “rough” look of this frosting is in keeping with the claymation of the movie The Nightmare Before Christmas.  I like it as it is.  🙂

A Jack Skellington Cake for The Nightmare Before Christmas lovers! Too fun!

Check out that surprising center!  I love it!  All of the kids were very impressed with my mad skills.  Heehee.

A Jack Skellington Cake for The Nightmare Before Christmas lovers! Too fun!

If you like the idea of a kid-friendly, simple cake but you don’t adore Jack the way that I do then maybe my Graveyard Cake will be more up your alley.

I love this Graveyard Cake! Simple enough for kids to help with, but cute enough to impress at a Halloween party! Brilliant!

If you love The Nightmare Before Christmas as much as I do then you should check out all of my other Jack Skellington inspired projects!

Love this Disneyland inspired Jack Skellington Caramel Apple!

Jack Skellington Caramel Apples

I love this Jack Skellington inspired shirt! Made with the Cricut and iron-on vinyl, this shirt comes together in a flash! #halloween #jackskellington #nightmarebeforechristmas

Jack Skellington Inspired T-Shirts

Eeek!!!! Free printable for all of the Jack Skellington and The Nightmare Before Christmas fans out there!

This is Halloween: The Nightmare Before Christmas Printable

Don’t forget to also follow along on my Pinterest Halloween board for more Halloween inspiration!

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Want to meet Jack Skellington and Sally?  Head to Mickey’s Halloween Party!  Mickey’s Halloween Party is one of my FAVORITE things ever!! The park transforms, the villains come out to meet you, the Dapper Dans wear ghoul makeup and float down a misty river singing songs from The Nightmare Before Christmas, the ride The Haunted Mansion is transformed to be The Nightmare Before Christmas themed, there are special Halloween-y treats available around the park, and you can go trick or treating as you walk from ride to ride!!! *SWOON* So if you are thinking about taking your little ones to “The Happiest Place on Earth,” then you should check out the travel agency Get Away Today. They have vacation LAYAWAY PLANS! Isn’t that brilliant?! Paying off your vacay a bit at a time makes it so much more realistic and affordable! Check out their amazing discounts and packages, and be sure to use the coupon code BLING to get an additional $10 off of your booking!

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Sarah Westover McKenna

Sarah Westover McKenna

Sarah is the scattered creative mind behind Bombshell Bling. A former elementary school teacher and a current stay-at-home mom, she loves developing her creativity through her blog and her jewelry design business, Bombshell Bling Jewelry. Sarah is a lover of all things vintage, colorful, and BLING. She is also a sweets addict with a major obsession with s'mores.
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Comments

  1. Carli Eklund says

    October 9, 2014 at 2:49 pm

    Fun cake, love the surprise orange/black inside!

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  2. Mariah Leeson (@Giggles_Galore) says

    October 10, 2014 at 10:35 am

    I love it! Even if it would have looked prettier with fondant, I think it taste so much better with icing!

    Reply
  3. Cindy Eikenberg says

    October 10, 2014 at 5:07 pm

    Sarah, I just love this cake! My son absolutely loved Jack Skellington when he was a little guy and still does! Visiting from i heart naptime and pinning – have a happy weekend!

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    • Sarah Westover McKenna says

      October 10, 2014 at 11:53 pm

      Thank you!!

      Reply

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