Pumpkin Patch Cakes

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Yields1 Serving
 1 box yellow or chocolate cake mix
 Orange and green gel food coloring
 2 cups confectioners' sugar
 Orange and green sugars and candy decors
 Pretzel rods or sticks Marzipan
1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Spray 12 mini Bundt pans with nonstick baking spray.

2

Prepare cake mix (tinting, if desired) and bake as directed, filling pans halfway with batter.

3

When cakes are done, unmold onto wire rack; let cool completely.

4

In 4-cup measuring cup, combine sugar with 3 to 4 tablespoons water to make thick glaze. With sharp knife, trim bottom of each cake flat; assemble into pairs. Using a small amount of glaze drizzled on flat sides of cakes, assemble pairs to form pumpkins.

5

Drizzle pumpkin cakes with glaze and/or sprinkle with sugar or decors. Break pretzel rods to fit as stems. Moisten pretzels with water and roll in sugar. Insert into centers of pumpkins.

6

Tint marzipan green for leaves. Roll and cut as desired and place around pretzel stems. Let cakes stand until glaze is set.

Ingredients

 1 box yellow or chocolate cake mix
 Orange and green gel food coloring
 2 cups confectioners' sugar
 Orange and green sugars and candy decors
 Pretzel rods or sticks Marzipan

Directions

1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Spray 12 mini Bundt pans with nonstick baking spray.

2

Prepare cake mix (tinting, if desired) and bake as directed, filling pans halfway with batter.

3

When cakes are done, unmold onto wire rack; let cool completely.

4

In 4-cup measuring cup, combine sugar with 3 to 4 tablespoons water to make thick glaze. With sharp knife, trim bottom of each cake flat; assemble into pairs. Using a small amount of glaze drizzled on flat sides of cakes, assemble pairs to form pumpkins.

5

Drizzle pumpkin cakes with glaze and/or sprinkle with sugar or decors. Break pretzel rods to fit as stems. Moisten pretzels with water and roll in sugar. Insert into centers of pumpkins.

6

Tint marzipan green for leaves. Roll and cut as desired and place around pretzel stems. Let cakes stand until glaze is set.

Pumpkin Patch Cakes