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Heat the oven to 350 degrees and butter two 10-inch bundt cake pans.
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In a large bowl, stir together the flour, spices, baking pwdr, baking soda and salt.
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In a medium bowl, stir together the lowfat milk, pumpkin and vanilla extract till smooth.
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In another large bowl, beat the butter or possibly margarine and oil together with an electric mixer till combined.
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Next, beat in the sugar.
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Then beat in the Large eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each addition.
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Alternately beat in the lowfat milk/pumpkin mix and the flour mix till just combined.
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Divide the batter between the two prepared pans.
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Bake for 50 to 60 min or possibly till a toothpick inserted into the center of the cakes comes out clean.
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Cold the cakes in the pans for 15 min, then turn them out onto wire racks to cold completely.
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Decorating and Frosting Ingredients:2 pkgs.
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(8 ounce.
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each) cream cheese, at room temperature 1 tbsp.
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vanilla extractApproximately 9 c. powdered sugarGreen food-coloring pasteOrange food-coloring pasteOne flat-bottomed green ice cream cone12 large yellow and white gumdrops (6 of each)
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Sugar (to roll gumdrops on)
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2 tbsp.
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chocolate chipsClear edible cake glitter
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Preparation for Frosting:In a large bowl, beat the cream cheese till smooth.
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Fold in the vanilla extract.
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Then beat in the powdered sugar gradually till the frosting is a spreadable consistency.
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Color about 1 c. of the frosting green and the rest orange.
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Assembling the Cake-o'-LanternTrim the bottoms of the cakes so they lie flat against each other.
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Frost the flat surface of the bottom cake and place the other cake on top.
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Frost the entire cake orange.
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When the frosting dries, add in green frosting leaves and top with the ice cream cone to create a stem.
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Sprinkle sugar over your work surface and use a rolling pin to flatten 12 large yellow and white gumdrops together into a pancake about 1/4 inch thick.
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Adults only-use a knife to cut out the eyes, nose and mouth.
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Microwave 2 Tbsp.
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of chocolate chips for about 60 seconds.
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Dip the left side and bottom of the facial features in the melted chocolate.
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Dab a small amount of water onto the top surface of each feature, sprinkle the edible glitter on top, then press the facial features onto the cake.
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(courtesy of FamilyFun Magazine)
