{"id":23123,"date":"2020-08-18T23:27:15","date_gmt":"2020-08-19T03:27:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.somethingswanky.com\/?p=23123"},"modified":"2024-08-14T10:12:17","modified_gmt":"2024-08-14T14:12:17","slug":"polka-dot-pumpkin-halloween-cake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.somethingswanky.com\/polka-dot-pumpkin-halloween-cake\/","title":{"rendered":"Polka Dot Pumpkin Halloween Cake Recipe"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>This simple Polka Dot Pumpkin Halloween Cake has a delicious surprise inside&#8211; deliciously fudgy polka dots. I&#8217;m sharing the do&#8217;s and don&#8217;ts I learned from my first attempt at making a &#8220;surprise inside&#8221; cake!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-related-recipes\"><strong>Related Recipes:<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.somethingswanky.com\/haunted-pumpkin-patch-poke-cake\/\">Haunted Pumpkin Patch Poke Cake<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.somethingswanky.com\/cupcakes-for-halloween\/\">3 Cute and Easy Cupcakes for Halloween<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.somethingswanky.com\/snickers-halloween-trifle\/\">Snickers Halloween Trifle<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"620\" height=\"930\" data-pin-url=\"https:\/\/www.somethingswanky.com\/polka-dot-pumpkin-halloween-cake\/?tp_image_id=23125\" data-pin-title=\"Polka Dot Pumpkin Halloween Cake Recipe\" data-pin-description=\"This Halloween-themed cake recipe has a surprise inside--it's layers of pumpkin cake and fudgy chocolate polka dots! This is a simple cake to make. Head over to the blog for the full recipe!\" src=\"https:\/\/www.somethingswanky.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Copy-of-Food-Blogger-Pinterest-Pins-1-620x930.png\" alt=\"Polka Dot Pumpkin Halloween Cake\" class=\"wp-image-23125\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.somethingswanky.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Copy-of-Food-Blogger-Pinterest-Pins-1-620x930.png 620w, https:\/\/www.somethingswanky.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Copy-of-Food-Blogger-Pinterest-Pins-1-500x750.png 500w, https:\/\/www.somethingswanky.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Copy-of-Food-Blogger-Pinterest-Pins-1-768x1152.png 768w, https:\/\/www.somethingswanky.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Copy-of-Food-Blogger-Pinterest-Pins-1-150x225.png 150w, https:\/\/www.somethingswanky.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Copy-of-Food-Blogger-Pinterest-Pins-1.png 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-ingredients-for-polka-dot-pumpkin-halloween-cake\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-accent-pink-color\"><span style=\"color: #f03a70;\">Ingredient<\/span>s for Polka Dot Pumpkin Halloween Cake<\/mark><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Yellow cake mix<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>15 ounces pumpkin puree (not pumpkin pie filling)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u00bc-\u00bd cup milk<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>orange food coloring (optional)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>baked chocolate cake<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u00bc cup chocolate frosting (store-bought)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>black food coloring (optional)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"620\" height=\"413\" data-pin-url=\"https:\/\/www.somethingswanky.com\/polka-dot-pumpkin-halloween-cake\/?tp_image_id=23126\" src=\"https:\/\/www.somethingswanky.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/DSC_4520-620x413.jpg\" alt=\"Polka Dot Pumpkin Halloween Cake\" class=\"wp-image-23126\" title=\"Polka Dot Pumpkin Halloween Cake\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.somethingswanky.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/DSC_4520-620x413.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.somethingswanky.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/DSC_4520-500x333.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.somethingswanky.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/DSC_4520-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.somethingswanky.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/DSC_4520-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.somethingswanky.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/DSC_4520-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.somethingswanky.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/DSC_4520-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.somethingswanky.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/DSC_4520-scaled-735x490.jpg 735w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-directions\"><span style=\"color: #f03a70;\">Directions<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-1-make-the-cake-balls-the-polka-dots\">1. Make the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.somethingswanky.com\/basic-cake-ball-truffle-recipe\/\">cake balls<\/a> (the polka dots).<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><span style=\"color: #f03a70;\"><strong>DO: use any baked chocolate cake that you want to use<\/strong><\/span>. It can be store-bought, it can be homemade, it can be made with a cake mix&#8211; whatever! And it doesn&#8217;t have to be in any particular shape (it can even be in cupcake form), because you&#8217;re just going to crumble it all up anyway.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #f03a70;\"><strong>DO: use a cake mix <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">if you want<\/span> to follow my recipe exactly*.<\/strong><\/span> If you feel comfortable doing your own thing, that&#8217;s fine! I made a cake with a cake mix and used HALF of the baked cake in this recipe. The rest of it is in my freezer for making cake ball truffles at holiday time.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #02c2b9;\"><strong>DON&#8217;T: make the cake balls larger than a teaspoon.<\/strong><\/span> I tried to hide it some in the pictures (sorry!), but most of my slices just had a black blob in the middle instead of cute little polka dots. That&#8217;s because my cake balls were too big, so they were too close together in the cake.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><span style=\"color: #02c2b9;\">DON&#8217;T: feel like you have to use black food coloring.<\/span>&nbsp;<\/strong>The polka dots would have most likely been dark enough without it; but I really wanted a definite orange-and-black look with Halloween in mind, so I added a little coloring to punch it up a bit.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"620\" height=\"1322\" data-pin-url=\"https:\/\/www.somethingswanky.com\/polka-dot-pumpkin-halloween-cake\/?tp_image_id=23128\" src=\"https:\/\/www.somethingswanky.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Kindle-Book-Cover-620x1322.png\" alt=\"Polka Dot Pumpkin Halloween Cake\" class=\"wp-image-23128\" title=\"Polka Dot Pumpkin Halloween Cake\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.somethingswanky.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Kindle-Book-Cover-620x1322.png 620w, https:\/\/www.somethingswanky.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Kindle-Book-Cover-500x1066.png 500w, https:\/\/www.somethingswanky.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Kindle-Book-Cover-768x1638.png 768w, https:\/\/www.somethingswanky.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Kindle-Book-Cover-720x1536.png 720w, https:\/\/www.somethingswanky.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Kindle-Book-Cover-960x2048.png 960w, https:\/\/www.somethingswanky.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Kindle-Book-Cover-150x320.png 150w, https:\/\/www.somethingswanky.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Kindle-Book-Cover.png 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-2-make-the-pumpkin-cake-batter\">2. Make the pumpkin cake batter.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><span style=\"color: #f03a70;\"><strong>DO: use any pumpkin cake recipe that you like best.&nbsp;<\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The cake mix version I&#8217;m providing you in this post is a recipe that is super quick and easy. But if you&#8217;re looking for a more robust pumpkin flavor and texture, I <em>highly<\/em> recommend <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.somethingswanky.com\/whole-wheat-pumpkin-bundt-cake\/\">this pumpkin cake recipe<\/a><\/strong>.&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><span style=\"color: #02c2b9;\">DON&#8217;T: use pumpkin pie filling.<\/span>&nbsp;<\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Every Fall I have an inbox full of angry emails from bakers who accidentally used pumpkin pie filling instead of pumpkin pure\u00e9 and ended up with a recipe flop. Be sure you&#8217;re buying 100% pure pumpkin!<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"620\" height=\"413\" data-pin-url=\"https:\/\/www.somethingswanky.com\/polka-dot-pumpkin-halloween-cake\/?tp_image_id=23129\" src=\"https:\/\/www.somethingswanky.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/DSC_4524-620x413.jpg\" alt=\"Polka Dot Pumpkin Halloween Cake\" class=\"wp-image-23129\" title=\"Polka Dot Pumpkin Halloween Cake\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.somethingswanky.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/DSC_4524-620x413.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.somethingswanky.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/DSC_4524-500x333.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.somethingswanky.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/DSC_4524-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.somethingswanky.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/DSC_4524-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.somethingswanky.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/DSC_4524-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.somethingswanky.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/DSC_4524-150x100.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-3-layer-the-cake-batter-with-the-cake-balls\">3. Layer the cake batter with the cake balls.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong><span style=\"color: #02c2b9;\">DON&#8217;T: put the cake balls too close together<\/span>.<\/strong> Which is a great segue into the next bullet point&#8230;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><span style=\"color: #f03a70;\">DO: put a nice, thick layer of cake batter in between the two layers of cake balls<\/span>.&nbsp;<\/strong>If I had to quantify how much cake batter should go in each layer, the layers would go something like this:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">First Layer<\/span>: 1\/4 of the cake batter<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Second Layer<\/span>: several black cake balls<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Third Layer<\/span>: 1\/2 of the cake batter<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Fourth Layer<\/span>: several black cake balls<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Fifth Layer<\/span>: 1\/4 of the cake batter<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"620\" height=\"413\" data-pin-url=\"https:\/\/www.somethingswanky.com\/polka-dot-pumpkin-halloween-cake\/?tp_image_id=23130\" src=\"https:\/\/www.somethingswanky.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/DSC_4529-620x413.jpg\" alt=\"Polka Dot Pumpkin Halloween Cake\" class=\"wp-image-23130\" title=\"Polka Dot Pumpkin Halloween Cake\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.somethingswanky.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/DSC_4529-620x413.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.somethingswanky.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/DSC_4529-500x333.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.somethingswanky.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/DSC_4529-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.somethingswanky.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/DSC_4529-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.somethingswanky.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/DSC_4529-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.somethingswanky.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/DSC_4529-150x100.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-4-bake-at-350\u00baf-for-45-minutes-let-cool-and-invert-onto-serving-plate\">4. Bake at 350\u00baF for 45 minutes. Let cool and invert onto serving plate.<\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"620\" height=\"413\" data-pin-url=\"https:\/\/www.somethingswanky.com\/polka-dot-pumpkin-halloween-cake\/?tp_image_id=23131\" data-pin-title=\"Polka Dot Pumpkin Halloween Cake Recipe\" data-pin-description=\"This Halloween-themed cake recipe has a surprise inside--it's layers of pumpkin cake and fudgy chocolate polka dots! This is a simple cake to make. Head over to the blog for the full recipe!\" src=\"https:\/\/www.somethingswanky.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/DSC_4598-620x413.jpg\" alt=\"Polka Dot Pumpkin Halloween Cake\" class=\"wp-image-23131\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.somethingswanky.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/DSC_4598-620x413.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.somethingswanky.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/DSC_4598-500x333.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.somethingswanky.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/DSC_4598-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.somethingswanky.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/DSC_4598-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.somethingswanky.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/DSC_4598-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.somethingswanky.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/DSC_4598-150x100.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-related-recipes-1\">Related Recipes:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.somethingswanky.com\/basic-cake-ball-truffle-recipe\/\"><strong>Basic Cake Ball Truffle Recipe<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.somethingswanky.com\/whole-wheat-pumpkin-bundt-cake\/\">Whole Wheat Pumpkin Bundt Cake with Maple Glaze<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.somethingswanky.com\/pumpkin-heath-caramel-bars\/\">Caramel Swirled Pumpkin Snack Cake<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\">{\"@context\":\"http:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@type\":\"Recipe\",\"name\":\"Polka Dot Pumpkin Halloween Cake\",\"author\":{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"name\":\"Ashton\"},\"datePublished\":\"2020-08-19\",\"recipeYield\":18,\"description\":\"This simple pumpkin cake has a delicious surprise inside-- deliciously fudgy polka dots. 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Put one half in a bowl, and set aside the second half for other use.<\/li><li id=\"mv_create_1026_2\">Crumble the cake and use a fork to mix it with the chocolate frosting until you have one, cohesive mixture. If the mixture doesn't stick together to form a ball, add more frosting a tablespoon at a time.<\/li><li id=\"mv_create_1026_3\">Use a teaspoon to form to scoop the mixture. Roll into balls. Set aside.<\/li><li id=\"mv_create_1026_4\">Make the pumpkin cake batter by whisking together the yellow cake mix, pumpkin pure&egrave;, and milk.<\/li><li id=\"mv_create_1026_5\">Alternate layers of the cake batter with layers of the cake balls in a well greased bundt pan.<\/li><li id=\"mv_create_1026_6\">Bake at 350&ordm;F for 45 minutes. Let cool for 10 minutes and invert onto serving plate. 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