Spooky! Halloween nights are dark and spooky, and this cake with pitch-black buttercream was made for just such a night. A cake like this is actually very easy to make. I used a yellow butter cake recipe and added orange food coloring, since orange and black are the classic colors for a Halloween cake. The cake is filled and covered with black buttercream, purple shards, and a few Halloween sprinkles. I made a double batch of my Chocolate American Buttercream recipe, tinted black with black food coloring. (The ingredients below are the doubled recipe.) And don’t forget Halloween sprinkles! I started with a Halloween sprinkle mix from Wilton that includes candy eyes, then added some black, orange, and green sixlets along with some silver and purple jimmies, and black glitter, all edible of course. To manage time, I often make the cakes and frosting the day before, then wrap tightly and refrigerated overnight. The next morning take the frosting out of the refrigerator and allow enough time to come to room temperature. Then layer and fill the cakes, add a crumb coat, then complete the frosting and decorations.