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
My youngest son was born on Halloween and I wanted a Halloween cake for his first birthday. To make the checkerboard pattern I used a cake pan set that I purchased at Fleet Farm. You could also make this with 3 8″ or 9″ round cakes of different flavors stacking them one on top of … Read more
This pumpkin cake is two bundt cakes put together. I used a pound cake because they are dense enough to stand up to the heavy frosting. I made chocolate buttercream frosting for under the fondant. I used MM fondant in orange, green, brown and black. The stem is a granola bar in half wrapped in … Read more
I used a simple bunt pan, 2 layers, 1 box for each layer. I used Wilton’s icing for crumb coating. I used Wilton’s fondant and colored it orange. I added some color spray to add a more orange color. I piped the leaves and vines and used crushed gram crackers around the bottom of the … Read more
Since my son’s birthday falls two days after Halloween we decided to combine his 2nd birthday party with our plans to have friends over to go trick or treating together. I decided a pumpkin cake would be a fun idea. I made two pound cakes in a bundt pan. Since I only have one bundt … Read more
This pumpkin cake was made in a Bundt pan. Make two cakes. Put icing in the middle and put the bottoms of each cake against each other. Frost with orange icing, with a small star tip. I used 2 HoHos as the stem. Put the first all the way at the bottom and place the … Read more