Giant jack-o'-lantern cake

30 servings

Ingredients

QuantityIngredient
4cupsFlour
1cupSugar
4teaspoonsPumkin pie spice
3teaspoonsBaking powder
teaspoonBaking soda
6eachesEggs
1⅓cupOil
4teaspoonsVanilla
30ouncesCan pumkin pie mix
2cupsChopped walnuts
32ouncesCream cheese frosting
1eachBanana, unpeeled

Directions

Preheat oven to 325 deg f.

Grease and flour a 10" bundt pan.

In a large bowl, mix together 2 cups flour, ½ cup sugar, 2 tsp spice, 1½ tsp baking soda and ¾ tsp baking powder. In a small bowl, mix 3 eggs, ⅔ cup oil and 2 tsp vanilla. Stir egg mixture, 1 ½ cups pumkin pie mix and flour mix together. Add 1 cup walnuts. Mix batter well. Pour into prepared pan. Bake for 50 minutes. Cool ten minutes in pan, remove and cool completely. Repeat for second cake.

Tint ⅓ cup of frosting for stem. Tint remaining frosting orange.

Cut ½ inch from top of each cake ( not the fluted side). Place 1 cake flute side down on a platter. Spread cut side with frosting and place second cake, flute side up, on top top. Place a foil covered cardboard disk in top of cake to fill hole. Place ⅓ banana on cardboard. frost with green frosting. Frost remaining cake with orange frosting. Add Face design with frosting or ?

Makes 30 servings - each serving = 365 calories, 19 gm fat, 40 mg chol, 210 mg sodium. Percent of calories from fat = 46⅘ %