Dark Creepy Gory Chocolate Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

Dark Cake
18 1/4 ounces devil's food cake mix, Devil's Food Cake Soaked in Rum
Ghostly Cheese Filling into cake
8 ounces cream cheese, softened
1 lb ricotta cheese
4 eggs, room temperature and beaten
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 teaspoon rum extract
Optional kick
1/3 cup dark rum (optional)
Vampire Blood Raspberry filling
1/3 cup raspberry preserves, room temperature and whipped with a fork to loosen
Creepy Dark Frosting
2/3 cup dark cocoa, Dutch processed
3 cups powdered sugar
1 pinch salt
1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper, optional of course (this is the secret ingredient) (optional)
1/2 cup unsalted butter, melted
1/3 cup milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 teaspoon rum extract

Preparation

Pre heat oven to 350 degrees.
Grease and flour 2 9 inch pans.
Make your choice of devil`s food cake as directed.
Pour evenly into pans.
Mix Ghostly Cheese Filling ingredients together and pour over cake mix. Be sure to not mix in it will sink as it bakes.
Bake for 1 hour.
Creepy Dark Frosting:
Meanwhile in a food processor with metal blade sift sugar, cocoa, salt & Cayenne by pulsing ingredients.
Add remaining Creepy Dark Frosting ingredients and pulse till smooth.
Cool cake for 5 minutes in pans then carefully invert to rack or dish pour optional rum evenly over both layers of cake then set aside to cool 10 minutes.
Key to assembling is to have to cake somewhat warm so the frosting creeps --
Place one layer on cake dish.
Pipe a ring of frosting around edge on cake and place raspberry filling inside.
Place second layer of cake on top.
Spread frosting on sides and top of cake.
Key:
If cake is warm it will ooze, chill as soon as you are done frosting. Touch up the frosting if you need too and decorate as Creepy as you want!