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
This Pumpkin Birthday Cake was inspired by a pumpkin 1st birthday card that I made for my son and the invitations as well. I also decorated with tiny pumpkins and thus made another bundt cake turned into a pumpkin for my son’s 1st birthday party! I used a bundt pan and iced it with cream … Read more
I used a round bowl to bake my chocolate cake in. That way it lays flat on the plate and is rounded on top. You will probably have to trim some cake off the top of the cake so it lays flat. I cut it in half and put in some raspberry jelly. If you … Read more
I made two bundt cakes, leveled them and stacked them (flat sides together). I then used the orange Wilton coloring mixed with a little brown (to darken it up a bit). I then iced the entire cake with a nice amount of icing. Once covered I went back over the icing in an upwards motion … Read more