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Easy Egg-free Halloween Cake Recipe

Published on October 26, 2020 • Last updated April 7, 2024 by Elizabeth
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This super easy Halloween graveyard cake features an effortless egg-free chocolate sponge topped with chocolate frosting and plenty of sweets to resemble a spooky graveyard.

Prep Time: 30 minutes

Cooking Time: 30 minutes

Difficulty: Easy

Image of a chocolate Halloween graveyard cake with three spooky graves surrounded by a chocolate matchmakers crooked fence.
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  • A super easy egg-free Halloween cake recipe
  • Ingredients you’ll need to make this egg-free chocolate cake recipe
  • How to make an egg-free chocolate cake
  • Egg-free baking, you’ve asked, I’ve listened
  • How do I make a cake egg-free?
  • How do you make a flax gel egg replacer?
  • Easy Egg-free Halloween Graveyard Cake Recipe
  • Pin this Halloween graveyard cake recipe for later
  • Other Halloween recipes you might like

A super easy egg-free Halloween cake recipe

I absolutely love Halloween. It’s my favourite holiday of the year. The whole dressing up thing, the excuse to eat all. of. the. sweeties., the ghoulish fun. I really do love it.

Each year, I try to share a Halloween bake or two, and so this is my contribution to the wonderful world of Halloween baking for this year – a super easy egg-free Halloween graveyard cake.

For this cake, I’ve used some of the UK’s all-time favourite Halloween sweets to create a cake with three spooky graves complete with gravestones and a rickety crooked graveyard fence.

It’s an easy enough recipe to make and assemble, too, so it’s perfect to get the kids tucked in with the baking and decorating, given no one’s allowed to go trick or treating (or visiting theme parks) this year. 

Top down image of all the ingredients needed to make an egg free chocolate Halloween graveyard cake.

Ingredients you’ll need to make this egg-free chocolate cake recipe

For the egg-free chocolate sponge cake

  •  200 grams self-raising flour
  • 20 grams cornflour
  • 225 grams caster sugar
  • 30 grams cocoa powder
  • 1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda
  • pinch of salt
  • 225 ml full-fat milk (or non-dairy substitute)
  • 75 ml vegetable oil
  • 1 tbsp white vinegar
  • 1 tsp vanilla bean paste

Egg-free Halloween graveyard decorating ideas

  • ready-made chocolate frosting, for the earth
  • Quality Street matchmakers, for the crooked graveyard fence
  • Oreo cookies, for the grave dirt
  • orange smarties, to outline the graves
  • shortbread biscuits, for the gravestones
  • dark chocolate, for the gravestones
  • vanilla frosting, for the gravestone words
  • Maltesers, to hold up the gravestones 
  • sugar skulls, bones, eyes and pumpkins, to decorate
Six step collage how to make and an egg free Halloween cake.

How to make an egg-free chocolate cake

  1. Mix the dry ingredients together in a mixing bowl.
  2. Combine the wet ingredients in a measuring jug.
  3. Stir the wet ingredients into the dry, and mix well.
  4. Pour into a 9-inch square baking tin lined with baking paper.
  5. Bake in a preheated 180 C/ 170 C fan/ 350 F/ Gas 4 oven for 30 minutes.
  6. Cool and decorate as desired.
Image of a Halloween Graveyard Cake.

Egg-free baking, you’ve asked, I’ve listened

Since 2011, my readers have repeatedly requested that I share egg-free baking recipes. This Halloween graveyard cake recipe is officially the first deliberate egg-free bake shared on the blog. I’m sorry it’s taken so long.

There are a wide variety of egg substitutes. My tried-and-tested egg replacer used to be flax gel, see recipe below, but it’s a bit of a faff to make, requiring a degree of organization I usually don’t possess.

However, I recently learned about using a vinegar/baking soda combination as an egg replacer. This is going to take my egg-free baking to the next level, I believe. Watch this space!

Image of a Halloween graveyard cake.

How do I make a cake egg-free?

The easiest way to make a cake egg-free is to replace one egg with 1 tablespoonful of an acid such as vinegar or lemon juice with 1 teaspoonful of bicarbonate of soda.

The acid/soda combination creates air bubbles in the cake, giving it lift and a light, airy texture.

How do you make a flax gel egg replacer?

  • Simmer 2 cups/475 ml of water with two tablespoonfuls of whole flax seeds for 10-20 minutes.
  • Strain the mixture and discard the seeds.
  • Use 1/2 cup/ 118 ml of the flax gel to replace one egg in recipes calling for no more than two eggs. 
Top down image of Halloween graveyard cake.
Close up photo of Quality Street Matchmakers spooky crooked graveyard fence on cake.
Top down image of Halloween graveyard cake.
Close up image of detail in Halloween cake.
Image of a chocolate Halloween graveyard cake with three spooky graves surrounded by a chocolate matchmakers crooked fence.

With thanks: a huge shout out to egg-free Callum and his sister Caitlyn for the inspiration for this cake. 

Recipe Difficulty Levels

Easy

Requires basic cooking skills and ingredients you most likely already have in your kitchen.

Moderate

Requires more experience, preparation and/or cooking time. You may have to source special ingredients.

Challenging

Recipes requiring more advanced skills and experience and maybe some special equipment.

Image of a Halloween Graveyard Cake.

Easy Egg-free Halloween Graveyard Cake Recipe

A simple, not-too-sweet egg-free chocolate sponge cake just the right size to be loaded with all the frosting and sweets needed to create a spooky Halloween graveyard. Eat at your peril!
5 from 8 votes
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Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Prep Time: 5 minutes minutes
Cook Time: 30 minutes minutes
Decorating Time: 30 minutes minutes
Servings: 16 servings
Calories: 159kcal
Author: Elizabeth
Cost: £0.60

Ingredients

for the egg-free chocolate cake

  • 200 grams self-raising flour
  • 20 grams cornflour
  • 225 grams caster sugar
  • 30 grams cocoa powder
  • 1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda
  • 1 pinch Shetland sea salt
  • 225 ml full fat milk
  • 75 ml vegetable oil
  • 1 tbsp distilled white vinegar
  • 1 tsp vanilla bean paste

for the Halloween graveyard decorations

  • chocolate fudge frosting
  • Quality Street Matchmakers salted caramel flavour
  • Smarties orange
  • Oreo cookies
  • dark chocolate
  • Shortbread biscuits
  • Maltesers
  • vanilla frosting
  • Halloween sugar decorations

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Equipment

9-inch square tin
mixing bowl
wooden spoon
cooling rack
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Instructions 

  • Preheat oven to 180 C/ 170 C fan/ 350 F/ Gas Mark 4. Grease and line a 9-inch square baking tin with non-stick baking paper.
  • Sieve 200 grams self-raising flour, 20 grams cornflour, 1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda, 1 pinch Shetland sea salt and 30 grams cocoa powder into a large mixing bowl.
    Image of first step in cake baking - sieve dry ingredients.
  • Stir in 225 grams caster sugar with a wooden spoon.
    Image of step 2 - stirring in the caster sugar with a wooden spoon.
  • In a measuring jug, combine 225 ml full fat milk, 1 tbsp distilled white vinegar, 75 ml vegetable oil and 1 tsp vanilla bean paste.
    Image of step three - combining the wet ingredients in a glass measuring jug.
  • Pour the wet ingredients into the dry.
    Image of step four of making the cake - pour the wet ingredients into the dry.
  • Mix well.
    Image of step five - mixing the cake batter in a bowl.
  • Spoon into the prepared 9-inch baking tin.
    Image of cake batter in a 9-inch baking tin.
  • Bake in a preheated oven for 30 minutes and then cool completely on a wire rack.
    Image of step 7 - baked cake cooling on a wire rack.
  • Decorate as desired with chocolate fudge frosting, Quality Street Matchmakers, Smarties, Oreo cookies, dark chocolate, Shortbread biscuits, Maltesers, vanilla frostingHalloween sugar decorations!
    Top down image of finished Halloween graveyard cake.

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Nutrition

Calories: 159kcal | Carbohydrates: 26g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 6g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Cholesterol: 1mg | Sodium: 44mg | Potassium: 60mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 15g | Vitamin A: 23IU | Calcium: 20mg | Iron: 1mg

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Comments

  1. Toni Dash

    October 30, 2020 at 2:15 pm

    5 stars
    This is so impressive!! Perfect cake for our Halloween party!

    Reply
  2. Beth

    October 30, 2020 at 1:39 pm

    5 stars
    This is so adorable and looks like fun! I can’t wait to make this! My kids are going to love this!

    Reply
  3. Jeannette

    October 30, 2020 at 12:52 pm

    5 stars
    Wow! What a fantastic Halloween treat! I love how these look so much like graveyards – they’re great for a spooky theme. Thanks for sharing!

    Reply
  4. Krissy Allori

    October 30, 2020 at 12:41 pm

    5 stars
    Made this recipe and it got the kids super excited for halloween!

    Reply
  5. Kechi

    October 30, 2020 at 11:41 am

    5 stars
    This looks fun and creative! I love that this recipe is egg-free, and you added “RIP COVID.”

    Reply
    • Elizabeth Atia

      November 10, 2020 at 12:48 pm

      That was straight out of the imagination of a 9-year old. I had to recreate it! 🙂

      Reply
  6. Nic | Nic's Adventures & Bakes

    October 30, 2020 at 10:06 am

    5 stars
    Thanks for sharing, this cake looks lovely and easy to make and assemble perfect for a party 🙂

    Reply
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