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Spooky Halloween Cakes
Photo: David Holifield

Spooky Halloween Cakes

20 ingredients Makes 6 cakes openrecipes

Halloween is the perfect excuse to have fun in the kitchen and there pumpkin flavoured are no exception.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

763
Calories
21g
Protein
18g
Fat
127g
Carbs

Counts 6 of 10 ingredients — the other 4 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 6 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Orange 1 medium (131g) 62
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Apricot 1 medium (35g) 17
Cake not in our table 0
Pumpkin not in our table 0
Icing not in our table 0
Pastry 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

  • for the cake:
  • 175g (6oz) pumpkin flesh, cubed
  • 125g (4oz) butter
  • 125g (4oz) caster sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 175g (6oz) self-raising flour
  • 1tsp ground mixed spice
  • for the decoration:
  • 4tbsp apricot jam
  • icing sugar, to dust
  • about 300g (11oz) oranges
  • purple and white ready to roll icing
  • food colouring
  • a little royal icing
  • Equipment
  • Halloween silicone cake pan
  • baking sheet
  • silicone pastry brush
  • modelling tool
  • silicone icing pan

Directions

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By bbcgoodfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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