Halloween starts the holiday sugar fest for me. When pumpkin was decided for this challenge, I knew the result would be something sweet coming out of my oven.
I bent the rules. I made a pumpkin cake, but it's not made of pumpkin....it IS a pumpkin!
The flavor is a basic spice cake baked in a bundt pan. The icing is maple syrup flavored. Basically, it's a package of cream cheese, 1/2 stick of butter, four cups of powdered sugar, and maple syrup....(not Aunt Jemima)....i probably used 3 or 4 tablespoons. Any more and it would be too runny.
Obviously I tinted the icing. I used my red and yellow tubes....then threw in a dollop of my orange paste. The paste really adds more depth in color. For the stem I used an ice cream cone....the kind you don't like to eat because they taste like styrofoam. I piped the green lines which I hope gives it a more round look.
I'm taking it to work tomorrow. I secretly hope that the icing turns everyone's teeth orange.
Until next time fellow doorknobs...keep those ovens and buns hot!
HAPPY HALLOWEEN
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