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Toadstool house novelty cake
Photo: David Holifield

Toadstool house novelty cake

28 ingredients 1 hr + 2 hr Makes 1 large cake openrecipes

Spiced pumpkin cakes decorated to look like a quaint toadstool house set in its own plot of land.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

1126
Calories
22g
Protein
44g
Fat
160g
Carbs

Counts 14 of 19 ingredients — the other 5 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 14 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Chocolate 1 oz (28g) semisweet 155
Vegetable 1 tbsp (14g) 120
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Grape 1/2 cup (76g) 62
Maple Syrup 1 tbsp (20ml) 52
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Walnut 1 walnut half (4g) 26
Nutmeg 1 tsp ground (2.2g) 12
Cloves 1 tsp ground (2g) 7
Cinnamon 1 tsp ground (2.6g) 6
Ginger 1 tsp grated fresh (2g) 2
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Rapeseed Oil not in our table 0
Pumpkin not in our table 0
Spread not in our table 0
Marzipan not in our table 0
Icing not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 350ml/12fl oz rapeseed oil
  • 350g/12oz light muscavado sugar
  • 6 large free-range eggs
  • 280g/10oz grated cinderella pumpkin or butternut squash
  • 1½ tbsp stem ginger
  • 350g/12oz self-raising flour
  • pinch salt
  • 2 tsp bicarbonate of soda
  • 1½ tsp ground cinnamon
  • ½ tsp ground cloves
  • ½ tsp freshly grated nutmeg
  • 1½ tsp ground ginger
  • 130g/4½oz raisins
  • 65g/2¼oz chopped shelled walnuts
  • 140g/5oz vegan spread
  • 80ml/2¾fl oz maple syrup
  • 280g/10oz icing sugar
  • 500g/1lb 2oz white sugarpaste, for modelling and covering the board
  • gel food colouring
  • pebbles (available online) liquorice
  • 50g/1¾oz cocoa nibs
  • 2 tbsp cocoa powder
  • 500g/1lb 2oz marzipan
  • 500g/1lb 2oz ready-to-roll fondant icing
  • 500g/1lb 2oz royal icing sugar
  • 1 tbsp vegetable shortening
  • edible glitter
  • edible wafer butter

Directions

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By bbcfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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