DECORATIVE CENTERPIECES Pumpkin Patch Centerpiece

Name: DECORATIVE CENTERPIECES Pumpkin Patch Centerpiece
Prep time: 2 h 30 min
Cook time: 2 h 30 min
Total time: 2 h 30 min
Yield: 10
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 454 grams box confectioners sugar; 4 eggs; 118 milliliters flour; 454 grams white frosting; 59 milliliters pumpkin puree; 237 milliliters pumpkin puree; 158 milliliters vegetable oil; 1 kilograms boxes yellow cake mix; 10 servings Red and yellow food coloring

You can never have too many side dish recipes, so give DECORATIVE CENTERPIECES Pumpkin Patch Centerpiece a try. One serving contains 930 calories, 7g of protein, and 27g of fat. This recipe covers 16% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 10. It is a good option if you're following a dairy free diet. Head to the store and pick up pumpkin puree, eggs, cake mix, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 2 hours and 30 minutes.

Instructions

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Special equipment: 1 large pumpkin-shaped cake pan (recommended: Nordic Ware Brand) 1 (12-count) small pumpkin-shaped cake pan (recommended: Nordic Ware Brand) 1 wine cork, for large cake Green raffia Toothpicks Soldering wire

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Pumpkin

Wine

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Toothpicks

Cake Form

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Spray both large and small cake pans with nonstick cooking spray, coat with flour, and knock out the excess.

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Cooking Spray

All Purpose Flour

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Oven

Combine the cake mix with the pumpkin puree, oil and eggs. Using a hand mixer, beat on medium until well incorporated, about 3 minutes. Using an ice cream scoop, fill 6 of the the mini pumpkin pans 2/3 of the way to the top. Fill the unused cups with water so the pan doesn't burn.

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Canned Pumpkin

Ice Cream

Cake Mix

Pumpkin

Water

Egg

Cooking Oil

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Ice Cream Scoop

Hand Mixer

Frying Pan

Pour the remaining batter into the large pan, 2/3 of the way up the sides.

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Frying Pan

Bake the small pans until the tops are golden brown and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 10 to 12 minutes. Continue to bake the large cake until browned and toothpick inserted in center comes out clean as well, about 30 minutes.

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Toothpicks

Oven

Remove from the oven and, once cool enough to handle, invert onto a wire cooling rack to cool completely.

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Wire Rack

Oven

Slice the tops off of each cake so that it is flat.

Spread about 1/4 cup of the frosting on the cut side of the large cake.

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Frosting

Spread

Place the other cake half on top of the icing to form a large pumpkin. The icing will act as glue and hold the 2 halves together. Repeat the process with the smaller cakes using 1 tablespoon of frosting per cake set.

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Frosting

Pumpkin

Icing

For the fondant: In a large bowl with a hand mixer, beat together the confectioners' sugar and pumpkin puree. Slowly add water by the tablespoonful until a very thick but pourable consistency is reached. Color the fondant orange with a few drops each of red and yellow food coloring.

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Powdered Sugar

Yellow Food Color

Canned Pumpkin

Fondant Icing

Orange

Water

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Hand Mixer

Bowl

Put the icing in a resealable zip top bag.

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Icing

Place the cakes on a wire cooling rack fitted in a sheet pan. Snip the corner the zip top bag and start to squeeze fondant over top of cakes, allowing to drip down the sides.

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Fondant Icing

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Wire Rack

Frying Pan

Let the fondant dry before inserting the stems.

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Fondant Icing

For the stems: Wrap the cork with the green raffia. Insert a toothpick half way into the cork. Insert into the top of the large pumpkin.

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Pumpkin

Wrap

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Toothpicks

Cut the soldering wire into 6 (6-inch) pieces and fold each piece into thirds to form one thick piece about 2 inches long. Wrap with raffia and insert into the top of each small pumpkin cake.

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Pumpkin

Wrap