So-Easy-It’S-Spooky Bat Cake

• 1 devil's food or orange cake mix (regular size)
• 1 teaspoon orange food coloring, optional
• 4-2/3 cups confectioners' sugar
• 1 cup butter, softened
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• Orange food coloring
• 6 to 7 tablespoons 2% milk
• 4 cups confectioners' sugar
• 2/3 cup baking cocoa, sifted
• 1 cup butter, softened
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 6 to 7 tablespoons 2% milk
• 10 peanut butter cups, finely chopped
• Dutch-processed cocoa or confectioners' sugar

1. Prepare and bake cake mix according to package directions, using two 9-in. round baking pans. If preparing orange cake, add orange food coloring. Cool as package directs.
2. For bat design, cut a bat pattern from card stock. Wrap with foil.
3. For devil's food cake, prepare orange frosting by beating confectioners' sugar, butter, vanilla, food coloring and enough milk to reach a spreading consistency. For orange cake, prepare chocolate frosting by beating confectioners' sugar, cocoa, butter, vanilla and enough milk for spreading.
4. Using a long serrated knife, trim tops of cakes if domed. Place one cake layer on a serving plate. Spread with 1 cup frosting; sprinkle with chopped candies. Top with remaining cake layer, bottom side up. Spread remaining frosting over top and sides of cake. Refrigerate until set, about 30 minutes.
5. Lay bat pattern on top of cake. Using a fine-mesh strainer, sift Dutch-processed cocoa or confectioners' sugar over frosting. Lift pattern carefully to remove.
6. Wrap cooled cake layers in plastic wrap, then cover securely in foil; freeze. To use, thaw cakes before unwrapping. Assemble as directed.

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Taken from www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/so-easy-it-s-spooky-bat-cake/ (may not work)