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This is a delicious twist on the traditional jack-o'-lantern.
These cakes makes a great addition to any Halloween
party.
1 yellow or white boxed
cake mix (plus eggs, oil, water and / or ingredients
indicated in the box recipe)
2 tubs white cream cheese frosting
grape or dark berry fruit
roll-ups
green candied fruit slices
red and yellow food coloring
NOTE: You will
also need 8 mini bundt cake pans
 Prepare
cake mix according to the recipe on the back of the
box. Grease and flour 8 mini bundt cake pans and arrange
on a large cookie sheet. Divide the cake mix equally
among the pans and bake at the temperature indicated
on the cake box. When a toothpick inserted into the
cakes comes out clean, remove the cakes and allow to
cool (it took around 25 minute at 350° for ours).
 In
a large bowl, combine frosting with red and yellow food
coloring until the desired shade of orange is attained
(about 40 drops of each). Once cooled, trim the bottoms
of each cakes with a serrated knife. Remove the cakes
from the pans. Spread a layer of frosting on the bottom
of 4 of the cakes to serve as the "glue".
On each frosted bottom place another cake, bottom to
bottom. You should now have 4 cakes resembling pumpkins.
Cover cakes with remaining frosting.
 Using
a sharp knife, cut out jack-o'-lantern features (eyes,
noses, mouths) and arrange them on the cakes, pressing
firmly into frosting. Insert a fruit wedge all the way
into the hole on top of a cake (this serves as a base)
and then another on top of it (this serves as the stem).
Repeat with each cake. Arrange cakes on a dish surrounded
by candy corns, if desired. Boo!
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