Published: by Absolutely Recipes, in the recipes category.

Jack-o-Lantern Cake Recipe.

Ingredients:

2 packages spice cake mix (regular size)
4 cans (16 ounces each) vanilla frosting
Red and yellow food coloring
1 ice cream cake cone (about 3 inches tall)
2 Oreo cookies
1 package (24 ounces) ready-to-use rolled black fondant

Recipe Instructions:

Prepare and bake cakes according to package directions using two 10" fluted tube pans.
Invert cakes onto wire racks; cool completely.
Meanwhile, tint frosting orange using red and yellow food coloring.
Cut thin slice off bottom of each cake.
Spread one cake bottom with frosting; press flat sides together to make a pumpkin shape.
Place a foil ball in the center to support the "stem"; top with an ice cream cake cone.
Frost cake with remaining frosting.
To decorate face, roll out fondant to 1/8" thickness; cut into desired shapes for mouth and nose.
Remove tops from two Oreo cookies; cut half-circles in filling for eyes.
Press cookies and fondant into frosting to make the face.

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