Spooky Graveyard Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 16
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup butter or 1 cup margarine
• 1 cup water
• 1/4 cup baking cocoa
• 1/2 cup sour cream
• 2 eggs
• 1/4 cup butter or 1/4 cup margarine
• 3 tablespoons milk
• 2 tablespoons baking cocoa
• 2 cups confectioners' sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 18 cream-filled chocolate sandwich cookies
• 9 vanilla cream-filled sandwich style cookies (preferably oval)
• 1 cup whipped topping
• green icing (or gel)
• brown icing (or gel)
• pumpkin decorative candies
• gummy worms

Recipe

• 1 in a mixing bowl combine flour, sugar, baking soda, and salt; set aside.
• 2 in a saucepan, over medium heat, combine butter, water, and cocoa; bring to a boil.
• 3 add to flour mixture, beat well.
• 4 beat in sour cream and eggs.
• 5 pour into a greased 13inch x 9inch x 2inch baking pan.
• 6 bake at 350* for 35-38 minutes.
• 7 cook on wire rack for 5 minutes.
• 8 meanwhile, in a saucepan, combine butter, milk, and cocoa; bring to a boil.
• 9 remove from the heat; stir in sugar and vanilla, pour over the warm cake.
• 10 crumble chocolate cookies; sprinkle over frosting while still warm.
• 11 cool completely.
• 12 for the tombstones use the icing the decorate the vanilla cookies, (we use words or faces); place them on the cake.
• 13 for ghosts, make mounds of whip topping, use the icings to make eyes and mouths.
• 14 refrigerate for at least 1 hour.
• 15 just before serving add the gummy worms and pumpkins.