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Carved Pumpkin Cake

Published: October 1, 2010 | Updated: November 15, 2019 | By Ashlee

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It’s easy create this realistic pumpkin cake. Carve, frost and fondant cover a cake. Then use an airbrush to make it look real.

carved pumpkin cake

While I don’t have time to decorate right now (I’m just hoping to get to making some costumes!) I do LOVE October and in honor of this wonderful month and my favorite season (fall)

I just had to share one of my all time favorite cakes. It’s from back in the day when I had maybe one blog reader so it won’t be too familiar to you all so I hope you enjoy it.

I actually made it for Thanksgiving dinner 2 years ago. If I made it for Halloween I’d make it a Jack O’ Lantern! Wouldn’t that be SO cute!

I might just have to do that! This was my first airbrushing ever. It was also an all-nighter for me, but most of my cakes are!!

3d carved pumpkin cake

I hand carved the cake, covered it ganache then Orange fondant. Then I started airbrushing away!!! I was so nervous. But I love love LOVE the end result! I added a green marbled fondant stem and airbrushed it as well.

When I showed it to my Uncle the next day he actually grabbed the stem and pulled! AHHHH! He thought it was a ceramic container and that the dessert was inside!

We ended up using it as our centerpiece for the meal! This was the first time I used Ganache under fondant instead of buttercream. Changed my life!

It’s my favorite way to do it. It holds in the moisture AND it doesn’t squish out all over the place when you put the fondant on. So happy October and early Halloween festivities!

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  1. Lisa

    October 10, 2010 at 11:14 pm

    OMGness!!! This cake blows me away. It is absolutely PERFECT. Wow 🙂 I’m in love with it.

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    • Ashlee

      October 11, 2010 at 12:05 am

      thank you so much! I love it too!

  2. Different Things

    October 11, 2010 at 5:27 am

    Simply Amazing! I’m so excited I haven’t checked out the rest of your blog yet… have you done any other amazing cakes?

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    • Ashlee

      October 19, 2010 at 8:18 pm

      I do! I have lots of cakes on here, as well as a cake website http://ashleemariecakes.com/ ! I’m so glad you liked my pumpkin!

  3. Krista @ While He Was Napping

    October 11, 2010 at 1:55 pm

    This blows me away every time I see it. Amazing! Thanks for linking to my halloween party last weekend!

    Krista

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    • Ashlee

      October 11, 2010 at 2:36 pm

      Thanks! your so sweet! I’m happy to link up! thanks for doing the same!

  4. somedaycrafts

    October 11, 2010 at 2:34 pm

    This is crazy cool! I could never cut into this cake. It is too beautiful. I am highlighting this at somedaycrafts.blogspot.com

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    • Ashlee

      October 11, 2010 at 2:38 pm

      Thanks! I really really love this cake! I think I’d like to do a multi tiered one next time! Thanks for the feature! I can’t wait to hear more about your vacation!

  5. Pati @ A Crafty Escape

    October 11, 2010 at 8:28 pm

    STUNNING! I mean, seriously, this is amazing.

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    • Ashlee

      October 11, 2010 at 9:08 pm

      Thank you so much! I appreciate it!

  6. Lindsey

    October 13, 2010 at 8:01 pm

    LOVE this cake! I made a pumpkin cake on my blog, but it’s not nearly as perfect as yours! Here’s my link if you want to see it….. I hope one day I can make one more like yours! It’s absolutely perfect!! http://loveissomethingthatwedo.blogspot.com/2010/09/ill-make-you-offer-you-cant-refuse.html

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    • Ashlee

      October 13, 2010 at 8:28 pm

      Thank you so much! I’m glad you liked it! How did you get into cake decorating? Your cakes look like mine before I took any classes! Your doing a great job! Your frosting is nice and even! Very very hard to learn!

      If you interested in getting you frosting smoother (without the lines I mean) one way is to take a piece of parchment paper and once the frosting has “crusted” lay it over the frosting and GENTLY slide something flat over the top to push down the “hills”. Another way is to “Iron” the frosting while your putting it on. I take a pair of Lrg frosting spatula’s and lay them in boiling water. Once I get a nice thick coat of frosting on the cake I take out one of the spatula’s, dry it quickly with a towel and take the heated spatula and run it over the cake. The heat of the metal kind of irons down the frosting. But only take one swipe before putting it back in the boiling water and grabbing the other one.

      I started by taking Wilton Classes. I’d heard good and bad things about them so I went around to the local classes and sat in on a class for each teacher. That way I found the teacher that I liked best, the one I understood and fit my style. She was terrific, with lots of tips and tricks. And soon after I taught at the same place with her! It was a GREAT way to get started!

  7. Michelle

    February 8, 2011 at 4:14 pm

    This cake is absolutely amazing! I found your blog from Lambaround’s blog hop and I couldn’t believe my eyes when I saw that the pumpkin I was looking at was a cake and not a real pumpkin. Great job, it makes me hungry looking at it. 🙂

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    • Ashlee

      February 8, 2011 at 9:12 pm

      Thank you so much! This is one of my all time favorite still!

  8. Joann

    October 4, 2017 at 3:28 pm

    I would love to see a tutorial on this cake!! It’s awesome!!

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    • Ashlee

      October 29, 2017 at 12:01 am

      Made one last year http://ashleemarie.com/carve-airbrush-realistic-pumpkin-cake-video-tutorial/

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