I made this Pumpkin Cake for the teachers during conferences. I used a boxed spice cake mix and added pumpkin puree and 3 eggs instead of water and oil. Then decorated with tinted frosting and made leaves out of fondant that I painted with food coloring.
This picture is my daughters 5th birthday cake. She wanted a Halloween party, so thats just what she got. She kept saying she wanted a pumpkin, but I knew it wouldn’t be enought to feed everyone. So…. I made a 10 in 2-layer plus an 8 inch, 2-layer. I Iced it green, and decorated it … Read more
**Make sure to grease the bowls well** I used two box cake mixes (prepared as directed) and baked the pumpkin cakes in a 2-quart round casserole ovenproof bowl for about one hour and 10 minutes each on 325 degrees or until toothpick comes out clean. Let them cool and remove from bowls. Mix yellow and … Read more
I made a Jack O Lantern pumpkin cake for my friend’s anniversary party, married on Halloween! I wanted to make something original but recognizable. I made the Jack-O-Lantern from 2 bundt pans with a 9 inch round cake in between the stacked bundt cakes. I used box cake mix, nothing fancy. I stacked the cakes … Read more
I used Betty Crocker bake and fill cake pans that come in a rounded shape. I used three cakes stacked together then using 2 tubs of frosting I mixed with food dye to make the orange color. I put one layer of frosting on then placed in the fridge overnight for the crumb coating then … Read more
I hosted a Lil Pumpkin baby shower for a friend due in October. I made this pumpkin cake from two bundt cake pans. One inverted on top of the other. An ice cream cone made a great stem once it was colored green and brown. My bundt pan made a middle hole a little larger … Read more
This Jack OLantern pumpkin cake was from the Wilton pan & recipe. It is easy to bake following the Wilton directions (30 minutes exactly in the oven worked best) but I recommend using a white/yellow cake and not chocolate. The darker cake was much harder to decorate because of the crumbs and the dark cake … Read more
My daughter turned 10 and we wanted to make something special. We created the whole casing, flowers etc. out of fondant, very easy to use. We copied the casing from pumpkin cakes pictures so as to make it look like a pumpkin. Make sure you have plenty of time to prepare the fondant colors ahead … Read more
I made this pumpkin cake for my sister’s 30th birthday. She insisted on having a pumpkin cake. I bought the Wilton pan and changed a few of the things on my own. Wilton suggests using mint leaves for the stem , but I used green icing with a leaf tip. I got many compliments on … Read more
For my son’s first birthday we had a costume party for Halloween and decorated with all pumpkins. I got a lot of my inspiration for the Pumpkin and Mini Pumpkin Cake from this site and added some of my own touches. I made a big cake and a small cake for my son to eat. … Read more
Being a keen baker, I quickly volunteered to make a cake for my friend’s daughter, who has her birthday very close to Halloween and arranged a theme party to fit the season. I was delighted to finally have a good use for my Bundt cake tin, which was yet to be christened. This pumpkin cake … Read more
Eyes, nose and mouth of this pumpkin cake are tootsie rolls flattened and cut. The stem of the pumpkin cake is and ice cream cone frosted green. Two box mixes were baked in 9 in. round and metal bowl (one round and one bowl baked from each mix). I layered cakes with icing between – … Read more