Halloween Graveyard Cake

Name: Halloween Graveyard Cake
Ingredients: 1 (18.25 ounce) package devil's food cake mix (such as Duncan Hines(R)); 1 cup water; 3 large eggs; 1/3 cup vegetable oil; 24 fudge stick cookies; 4 black licorice whips, or as needed; 1 (16 ounce) container dark fudge frosting (such as Pillsbury(R)); 1/4 cup chocolate-covered raisins; 2 tablespoons toffee chips; 2 tablespoons shredded coconut; 4 drops green food coloring; 12 candy pumpkins; 3 oval butter sandwich cookies with chocolate filling (eg Pepperidge Farm Milano); 1 (.68 oz. tube) black decorating gel; 1/4 cup chocolate cookie crumbs; 1 marshmallow ghost (such as Peeps(R))

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Ingredients

1 (18.25 ounce) package devil's food cake mix (such as Duncan Hines(R))
1 cup water
3 large eggs
1/3 cup vegetable oil
24 fudge stick cookies
4 black licorice whips, or as needed
1 (16 ounce) container dark fudge frosting (such as Pillsbury(R))
1/4 cup chocolate-covered raisins
2 tablespoons toffee chips
2 tablespoons shredded coconut
4 drops green food coloring
12 candy pumpkins
3 oval butter sandwich cookies with chocolate filling (eg Pepperidge Farm Milano)
1 (.68 oz. tube) black decorating gel
1/4 cup chocolate cookie crumbs
1 marshmallow ghost (such as Peeps(R))

Directions

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["Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a disposable foil pan with a domed plastic lid.", "Beat cake mix with water, eggs, and oil in a large bowl using an electric mixer until no dry spots remain. Increase speed to medium; blend well. Pour batter into the prepared pan.", "Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 32 to 36 minutes. Let cool completely, at least 30 minutes.", "Frost the cooled cake with frosting.", "Push fudge sticks upright about 1/2-inch apart into 3 outer edges of the cake to represent fence posts. Place additional fudge sticks about 1/2-inch apart in a diagonal line across the cake starting at the fourth corner to create a small area outside the graveyard. Weave licorice whips through the fence posts for crosspieces. Connect 2 parallel sticks with a third diagonal one and attach with frosting to make a gate.", "Make a winding path from the gate to the far edge of the cake with 2 parallel lines of chocolate covered raisins as boulders. Fill the path with toffee chip for rocks. Assemble a licorice whip tree; insert in the middle of the path in the far corner of the graveyard.", "Mix coconut with green food coloring in a small bowl until thoroughly dyed. Arrange outside the gate into a lawn. Pile a mound of candy pumpkins in 1 corner of the graveyard and a few on the grass.", "Write spooky phrases on the upper thirds of the oval cookies with black decorator gel icing such as 'RIP\" with a skull and crossbones