Pumpkin Cake

I chose a bad time to start a blog.  You may have noticed this from the lack of posts.  It's been a rough couple of months here in Iowa land.  We've been dealing with the death of a close relative, job problems and health problems.  Hopefully, now that all of that is mostly sorted out, I can go back to writing on a more regular basis (and I use back in the loosest sense of the word, because as we all know, there are only three posts here.)

So today, I present to you the cake that you will be making for your next fall/Halloween related party.  The pumpkin cake.  And no, I don't mean a pumpkin flavored cake.  I mean a cake shaped like a pumpkin.  And you don't even have to be an all-star baker to do it.

Step 1:  Pick your cake recipe. I used the apple cake recipe from earlier in the blog.

Step 2.  Prepare two batches of it.

Step 3.  Bake said batches in two bundt cake pans.  (I'm poor and only have one so I just repeated this step twice.  It turned out fine!)

Step 4.  Choose your frosting.  I made a cinnamon buttercream, which I will post a recipe for at a later date.  It was delicious.

Step 5.  Make said frosting, or get said frosting out of can. (I prefer homemade frosting, but I know it's easier to just buy it.)

Step 6.  Turn one cake upside down onto the platter you will be using to serve.  Cover the bottom (which is now the top) in frosting.

Step 7. Put the second cake on top of the first cake.  Cover the entire thing in frosting and decorate according to your tastes.

That's it.  An idea so easy and simple, anyone can do it.  Even me!

Here's how mine turned out:

I'm still working on my decorating skills.  But for someone completely untrained in the art of cake decorating, I don't think it's half bad.  The best part is, the bundt cakes naturally make the shape of a pumpkin, so no carving or molding is necessary.  Just coat it with frosting and you're done!

Enjoy!