Description
Celebrate Halloween with this festive Jack-o’-Lantern Cake, featuring spice-flavored cake layers shaped into a pumpkin and decorated with bright orange frosting, black fondant facial details, and an ice cream cone stem for a fun and spooky centerpiece.
Ingredients
Scale
Cake
- 2 packages spice cake mix (regular size)
Frosting
- 3 cans (16 ounces each) vanilla frosting
- 2 to 3 teaspoons orange paste food coloring
Decorations
- 1 ice cream cake cone (about 3 inches tall)
- 2 Oreo cookies
- 1 package (24 ounces) ready-to-use rolled black fondant
Instructions
- Prepare the Cakes: Prepare and bake the spice cakes according to the package directions using two 10-inch fluted tube pans. Once baked, invert the cakes onto wire racks and allow them to cool completely, ensuring they are fully set before decorating.
- Tint the Frosting: While the cakes cool, mix 2 to 3 teaspoons of orange paste food coloring into the vanilla frosting until you achieve a vibrant orange color, setting aside for use in assembly.
- Shape the Pumpkin: Cut a thin slice off the bottom of each cake to create a flat base. Spread frosting on one cake bottom, then press the flat sides of the two cakes gently together to form a rounded pumpkin shape.
- Support the Stem: Place a foil ball in the center of the assembled cake to provide support for the stem and to maintain shape during frosting.
- Frost the Cake: Generously frost the outside of the pumpkin-shaped cake with the tinted orange frosting, smoothing it evenly over the surface.
- Add the Stem: Place the ice cream cake cone on top of the cake positioned over the foil ball, resembling a pumpkin stem securely attached through the frosting.
- Decorate the Face: Roll out a small piece of black fondant to about 1/8-inch thickness. Cut out desired shapes for the pumpkin’s mouth and nose to create a classic jack-o’-lantern expression, saving any remaining fondant for other uses.
- Create the Eyes: Remove the tops from the two Oreo cookies, then cut half-circles into the cream filling to form crescent shapes for the eyes. Press the Oreo cookie halves and fondant facial features into the frosting on the pumpkin to complete the jack-o’-lantern face.
Notes
- Ensure cakes are completely cooled before frosting to prevent melting.
- The foil ball helps maintain the structure and supports the cone stem effectively.
- You can use gel food coloring as an alternative to paste for tinting frosting.
- Leftover fondant can be stored wrapped tightly in plastic wrap for future use.
- This cake serves as a festive centerpiece for Halloween parties or fall celebrations.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 slice (1/32 of cake)
- Calories: 320
- Sugar: 30g
- Sodium: 350mg
- Fat: 14g
- Saturated Fat: 5g
- Unsaturated Fat: 7g
- Trans Fat: 0.2g
- Carbohydrates: 45g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 3g
- Cholesterol: 25mg
