Welcome to Week 147 of Mmm Mondays, where we turn Monday woes into Monday whoas!
Header image for Week 147 by cottonbro
Last Week’s Links
Last week Charmer graced us with some images from Her’s and Snakes trip to Seattle. A good time was had by all.
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Mmm Makers
This list of Mmm Makers is sure to whet your appetite.
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Week 147 Recommended Reads
Mmms on Medium
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Book of the Month
I’ve finished this book and I’ll let you in on a secret, it ends on a cliffhanger! GAH! I’m not sure I’ll read part two right away as I have a great book set up for November, but I’m certainly going to add it to my to-be-read list. Did you read a long? Let me know what you thought.
Week 147 Recipe
Each year me and mine throw a Halloween party (we actually call it Samhain, but that’s another story), including themed food and drink. This year’s creations is sure to be a hit.
PUMPKIN CAKE O’ LANTERN
Equipment
- 2 bundt pans
Ingredients
Cake
- 5 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 4 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 4 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/4 cups milk at room temperature
- 1 15 ounce can pumpkin
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup butter or 1 cup margarine at room temperature
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 2 1/4 cups sugar
- 6 large eggs at room temperature
Frosting
- 8 ounce packages cream cheese, at room temperature
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 9 cups powdered sugar
- green food coloring
- orange food coloring paste is best
- 1 green ice cream cones
- 12 large yellow and white gumdrops 6 of each
- sugar to roll gumdrops on
- 2 tablespoons chocolate chips
- clear edible cake glitter
Instructions
CAKE
- Heat the oven to 350° and butter two 10-inch bundt cake pans.
- In a large bowl, stir together the flour, spices, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
- In a medium bowl, stir together the milk, pumpkin, and vanilla extract until smooth.
- In another large bowl, beat the butter or margarine and oil together with an electric mixer until combined. Next, beat in the sugar. Then beat in the eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each addition.
- Alternately beat in the milk/pumpkin mixture and the flour mixture until just combined.
- Divide the batter between the two prepared pans. Bake for 50 to 60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cakes comes out clean.
- Cool the cakes in the pans for 15 minutes, then turn them out onto wire racks to cool completely.
FROSTING
- In a large bowl, beat the cream cheese until smooth. Mix in the vanilla extract. Then beat in the powdered sugar gradually until the frosting is a spreadable consistency. Color about 1 cup of the frosting green and the rest orange.
ASSEMBLY
- Trim the bottoms of the cakes so they lie flat against each other. Frost the flat surface of the bottom cake and place the other cake on top. Frost the entire cake orange. When the frosting dries, add green frosting leaves and top with the ice cream cone to create a stem.
DECORATION
- 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.
- Adults only – use a knife to cut out the eyes, nose and mouth. Microwave 2 tablespoons of chocolate chips for about 60 seconds.
- Dip the left side and bottom of the facial features in the melted chocolate. 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.
Notes
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