I pieced two fluted tube pan cakes together to make this gap-toothed grinner that will make the best-ever centerpiece at your Halloween party. —Julianne Johnson, Grove City, Minnesota
Jack-o’-Lantern Cake
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Jack-o’-Lantern Cake
Prep Time
35 min
Cook Time
30 min
Yield
32 servings
Ingredients
- 2 packages spice cake mix (regular size)
- 3 cans (16 ounces each) vanilla frosting
- 2 to 3 teaspoons orange paste food coloring
- 1 ice cream cake cone (about 3 inches tall)
- 2 Oreo cookies
- 1 package (24 ounces) ready-to-use rolled black fondant
Directions
- Prepare and bake cakes according to package directions using two 10-in. fluted tube pans. Invert cakes onto wire racks; cool completely. Meanwhile, tint frosting orange using food coloring.
- Cut a thin slice off bottom of each cake. Spread 1 cake bottom with frosting; press flat sides together to make a pumpkin shape. Place a foil ball in the center to support the "stem". Frost cake with remaining frosting. Top with ice cream cake cone
- To decorate face, roll out small piece of fondant to 1/8-in. thickness; cut into desired shapes for mouth and nose; save remaining fondant for another use. Remove tops from 2 Oreo cookies; cut half-circles in filling for eyes. Press cookies and fondant into frosting to make the face.
Nutrition Facts
1 piece: 492 calories, 16g fat (6g saturated fat), 35mg cholesterol, 354mg sodium, 83g carbohydrate (64g sugars, 0 fiber), 3g protein.
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