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Spooky Black Chocolate Cakes

This Halloween Cake Recipe Makes a Frightening and Festive Treat

— November 5, 2015 — Lifestyle
This Halloween cake recipe might look deeply unappetizing at first glance, but when you look a little closer, you'll see the black chocolate dessert is actually topped with spooky looking treats. Created by Courtney at the food blog Fork to Belly, the black chocolate Halloween cake is garnished with green-coated candy popcorn, candy corn and mini peanut butter cups. For added decoration, the blogger also added a festive topper reading 'Happy Halloween.'

The Halloween cake recipe is adapted from versions by Babble and How to Cake It!. To make your own ganache-covered layered cake at home, you'll need dark chocolate, black gel food coloring, cocoa powder, popped popcorn plus green and yellow food coloring. You can add other candy of your choice.
Trend Themes
1. Spooky Halloween Desserts - There is a growing trend of creating spooky and visually exciting desserts for Halloween, presenting an opportunity for innovative dessert makers to tap into the demand.
2. Unique Cake Decorations - Decorating cakes with unconventional and eye-catching toppings and toppers is becoming a popular trend, offering cake decorators a chance to create unique and visually stunning creations.
3. Food Blogging and Recipe Sharing - The rise of food blogging and recipe sharing platforms has created a trend where individuals can easily share creative recipes, providing a space for innovative recipes like spooky black chocolate cakes to gain popularity.
Industry Implications
1. Dessert Industry - The dessert industry can take advantage of the trend for spooky Halloween desserts by introducing new and innovative dessert options to attract customers looking for unique and visually appealing treats.
2. Cake Decorating Supplies - The increasing popularity of unique cake decorations creates an opportunity for the cake decorating supplies industry to develop and offer a wide range of unconventional toppings and toppers to meet the growing demand.
3. Food Blogging and Recipe Platforms - The trend of food blogging and recipe sharing opens up opportunities for businesses in the technology sector to develop user-friendly platforms that cater to recipe creators and enthusiasts, providing a space for them to share and discover innovative recipes like spooky black chocolate cakes.
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