Jack o' Lantern Cake

Jack-O-Lantern Cake

OK, after trying MANY recipes, my favorite is the easiest, healthiest, and also least original. It is actually stolen from Anne Allen, so you can thank her. (It also makes fabulous muffins with half the recipe, baking for only 15-20 min.)

CAKE

2 spice cake mixes

4 eggs

1 large can pumpkin (30 oz)

Preheat oven to 350. Blend all ingredients and separate batter equally into two greased and floured bundt pans. (You can cook one at a time if you only have one bundt pan--I do this). Bake at 350 for 45 minutes, or until inserted knife comes out clean. Allow to cool

FROSTING

2 8 oz packages cream cheese or low fat cream cheese (softened)

2 tsp. vanilla

9-10 cups powdered sugar

Orange, green and black food coloring

Pastry bags and decorating tips for frosting

Mix cream cheese and vanilla first, then slowly add in powdered sugar until frosting doesn't fall out of shape (you need it thick enough to frost with). Color 1/4 cup frosting green, 1/4 cup frosting black, and the color the remainder orange.

Cut off tops of both cakes so that flat surfaces can fit together nicely to make the pumpkin. Put them together, frost orange, and then have fun "carving" your jack-o-lantern. (black face features, green leaves and runners).