HOW TO MAKE A PUMPKIN SHAPED CAKE RECIPES

Steps:

• Pre heat oven to 350 degrees and grease and flour your bundt pan.
• In a medium bowl combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and pumpkin pie spice. Set aside.
• In the bowl of a stand mixer combine the melted butter, oil, sugars, pumpkin puree, eggs, vanilla and beat on low until combined.
• With the mixer on low slowly add the dry ingredients until combined and there are no more lumps.
• Pour batter into mini bundt pans and bake for about 20 minutes. If you are using a large bundt pan it can take anywhere from 45-60 minutes. Keep an eye on the cake and remove from the oven when a toothpick comes out clean.
• Let the cakes cool in the pan for about 10 minutes (20 for large cake) then turn pan upside down to let the cakes slide out. If needed use a small knife to loosen the edge of the cake from the pan.

Steps:

• Prepare and bake cakes in 12-cup fluted tube pans according to package directions; cool. , For filling, melt butter in a saucepan. Stir in flour to form a smooth paste. Gradually add cream and sugar, stirring constantly until thick. Boil 1 minute; remove from heat. Stir in vanilla and salt. Fold in pecans; cool. , Cut thin slice of bottom of each cake. Spread one cake bottom with filling; put cakes together with bottoms together. Set aside. , In a bowl, cream butter and shortening. Beat in sugar and vanilla. Add milk until desired consistency is reached. Combine red and yellow food coloring to make orange; tint about three-fourths of the frosting orange. Tint remaining frosting green. Place a small glass upside down in the center of the cake to support the "stem". Put a dollop of frosting on the glass and top with an ice cream cone or banana. Cut the cone or banana to the correct length; frost with green frosting. Frost cake with orange frosting. If desired, add chocolate water crumbs as "dirt" around cake. Pipe green vines on cake and "dirt" if desired.