Making "The Great Pumpkin Cake" Interactive!

[pampered2007]

My host for an upcoming cooking show would like to have "The Great Pumpkin Cake" recipe! Any suggestions on how to do this as an interactive cooking show? This recipe seems like it will be a lot of fun to make but there aren't many steps involved. The cake will probably be made prior to the show.

I was thinking of having some product demos so the guests can have a chance to "play" with some tools and then finish up with the decorating of the cake. What would everyone else do?

Thanks!

 

[tlag1986]

Do a potato demo that way people get the chance to play with most of the products. Sounds like fun.

 

[armywyf]

Ok so I have to ask, what is the Great Pumpkin Cake?

 

[K_Jurich]

Ok so I have to ask, what is the Great Pumpkin Cake?

Thanks for asking. . . .

 

[pampered2007]

I found the recipe under files. I did a seach for "pumpkin cake" and there is was! Check it out! There is a color picture of it. Here's the recipe...thanks to the person who originally posted the recipe

Anyone have interactive ideas on this recipe????


Great Pumpkin Cake
1 pkg. (2-layer) cake mix (any flavor), plus ingredients to prepare mix
1 pkg. (8 oz.) PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese, softened
1/4 cup (1/2 stick) butter, softened
4 cups powdered sugar
Few drops each green, red and yellow food colorings
1 COMET Cup

PREPARE and bake cake mix in Stoneware Fluted Pan as directed on package. Cool 10 minutes in pan. Remove from pan; cool completely on wire rack.

BEAT cream cheese and butter in Small Batter Bowl with electric mixer on medium speed until creamy. Gradually add sugar, beating until light and fluffy. Remove 1/2 cup of the frosting; place in small bowl. Add green food coloring; stir until well blended. Using Small Spreader, spread half of the green frosting onto outside of ice cream cone; set aside. Reserve remaining green frosting for later use.

ADD red and yellow food colorings to the remaining white frosting to tint it orange. Using All Purpose Spreader, spread onto cake to resemble pumpkin. Invert ice cream cone in hole in top of cake for the "pumpkin's stem." Pipe the reserved green frosting in vertical lines down side of cake using Easy Accent Decorator.


** Fun Idea
Place black gumdrops on sheet of wax paper sprinkled with additional sugar. Using Bakers Roller, thinly flatten each gumdrop, turning frequently to coat both sides with sugar. Cut into desired shapes with Paring Knife w/ Case. Use to decorate frosted cake to resemble a jack-o'-lantern.

 

[armywyf]

Thanks for posting the recipe! What about making it a microwave cake, everyone is always amazed that we can bake cakes in the microwave with the stoneware.

 

[K_Jurich]

OMG . . .I think I might just have to make this today. As far as interactive maybe you could. . . Have one group measure and mix the cake, another group do the cream cheese frosting, and another do the frosting of the cone and rolling the gum drops. Then if you still need more stations you could set up some try me station like someone else on here had talked about. . . nuts in the chopper, maybe something on the mandaline, this way people that aren't in a station could use those and those who's station is completed could try those when finished.

 

[tlag1986]

It sounds like fun. I will have to do one this week.

 

[pampered2007]

I don't have a cake mix here.....does anyone recall how long it takes to bake a bundt cake in the oven?? I have a feeling that it may take a while so it might be better to pre-bake the cake BEFORE the party and then just have the guests decorate.