This Halloween Pumpkin Birthday Cake was my son’s 2nd Halloween Birthday cake. I made it of fondant. This cake was the cutest thing ever and such a big hit. The pumpkin on top is made of fondant as well-too cute.
To make this Jack-O-Lantern cake I baked 3 10 inch chocolate layers. When they were cooled I filled and stacked the cake. Then I carved the rounded edges and undercut the bottom. I also carved out a depression in the top for the stem. I covered it in vanilla buttercream and put it in the … Read more
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My son was born on Halloween so for his 1st birthday I made a Pumpkin Cake. I used 2 bundt pans, one on the bottom with the rounded side down and the other on top with the rounded side up. I used icing in the center and the outside. I used food coloring to make … Read more
We were celebrating our son’s 1st birthday in October as part of my parents’ fall party complete with hayrides and pumpkin decorating for a bunch of our friends and family, so I wanted a cake with a fall theme. Our son picked up the nickname “Cheeks” shortly after he was born because of his chubby … Read more
I was making a cake for a Halloween party, and after looking on this website I decided to make a pumpkin cake. However, I couldn’t find a ball pan to make a stand-up pumpkin, so I decided to do the frozen buttercream transfer method with a cartoon pumpkin instead. I browsed for pumpkins and found … Read more
My sons elementary school was having a Harvest Cake Decorating contest. We didn’t want to make anything gross or too spooky, so we decided on a pumpkin cake. Using a bundt pan, make two cakes using any recipe. Invert one cake on top of the other to make a fuller, taller pumpkin. Once cake cools, … Read more
This Halloween cake was made for my 8 year old’s birthday party. I used two 8″ rounds and one 6″ round pan to “round” the entire cake. As for the stem at the top of the cake I used the bottom of a cupcake. I probably could have shaved a little more off the sides … Read more
I make a cake for each of my girls to bring to school on special occasions. They decide what they want and I try to accommodate them. My oldest wanted a Jack O’ Lantern Cake she saw on the Wilton site. I didn’t have the right pan but I think it turned out pretty good. … Read more
This Halloween Jack O Lantern Cake I made for my granddaughter’s annual Halloween party. I made two cakes in a bundt pan. I made a homemade spice cake. After the cakes cooled I cut the top off of one so that the other would set on top and adjusted it so it looked like a … Read more
I used my bunt pan and baked two pumpkin cakes. Then I stacked them one on top of the other. I used a pumpkin face stencil and placed plastic over top and molded my gum paste to the shape of the faces and let them dry. I used my triple star icing tip and iced … Read more
Mom and I went to a country music hall and made spiders out of cupcakes one year with pipe cleaners and moving eyes in 2008 so this year I decided to do it again only I wanted something more to go with it so I got my bundt pan out and wanted to make a … Read more