Halloween Cake

On Saturday night, Aunt Diane and Tracey came over to babysit so Mommy and Daddy could go to an After Halloween Party. John came up with the idea for the cake that I made and I pretty much just took the project over. Here is a pic... Pretty cute, huh?

I used Red Velvet Cake, Chocolate Frosting, Black Icing for the lettering on Milano Cookies. I crushed up Oreo Cookies for the dirt mounds. However, the cake itself was HORRIBLE! I think we can narrow it to 2 possible issues. First, the Crisco I used to coat the cake pan, looked (and smelled) kinda funny. But Crisco doesn't ever expire, right? Figured it was okay and continued. Next I made the cake batter, except the bottle of what I thought was Vegetable Oil didn't actually have a label on it confirming that it was actual Vegetable Oil. I think this is where the problem was. I used it anyway, however I'm not really sure what kind of oil it really was. Needless to say, it looked cute and according to one taster, "It tastes kind earthy." LOL. Next time I promise I will use recognizable ingredients!