"Totally Ripped Off W-S Pumpkin Cake

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marilynfl

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I divied up the batter into 3 6" pans and my two mini-bundt pans. Split the 6" layers in half. Decided to go with the full-scale model today as I need experience working with fondant.

Got the height I needed with only 5 layers of cake iced with fudge icing on perimeter, white buttercream icing inside layers. After the messy cutting was done, I crumb-iced the entire thing with fudge icing.

I blew up the W-S image to it's full size (6" dia by 4.5" high + stem). Then I ruler-ed off lines to see where the curves started. The toothpicks mark where I cut the cake to curve it. Diameter of the pumpkin at its widest is 6".

I used an apple corer to make the grooves. Messy and I'm sure there's an easier way to do it. Like buy it directly from Williams-Sonoma.

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g166/Finer_Kitchens/DSC02010.jpg

It didn't turn out too bad....tinting the fondant orange could have gone darker, but hey, it's cake. Who cares.

I have no leaf-shaped cookie cutters, so I grabbed a silk leaf from some fake grapes and pressed it into the green fondant to make impressions. Then I cut out the edging with an X-acto knife.

This one will go to the library tomorrow so I'm afraid I can't give you an inside cut.

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g166/Finer_Kitchens/DSC02012.jpg

 
Thank you all for the sweet words. Scraps went out to our quasi-compost pile in the backyard.

...necessary after I found myself snacking on the remains stuck in the apple corer after each pass. Larry hates to throw away food that animals can eat, but I'm probably going to have to leave a glucose blood monitor out there pretty soon.

I read at egullet that some folks keep the cake scraps and mix them in with icing...it makes almost a spackling compound and helps fill in holes better. You would still need to re-ice with smooth icing on top of that. That's what I should have done...re-iced again on top of the first icing. Then you have a smooth base and don't see all the bumps under the fondant.

Oh well...more important, I should have known to pull out the duct tape.

 
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