Chocolate Halloween Pumpkins
by RetroRuth | Feb 25, 2020 |
From Betty Crocker Holidays on Parade, 1965
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Cake
1 ½ cups flour
1 cup sugar
2 tsp baking powder
½ tsp salt
1 tsp almond extract
½ cup shortening
¾ cup milk
4 egg yolks
2 oz unsweetened chocolate, melted and cooled
For Frosting
⅔ cup softened butter or margarine
6 cups sifted powder sugar
3 tsp vanilla
6 tbsp cream
Orange food coloring and green gumdrops
For Chocolate Loaf Cake
1Heat oven to 350 degrees.
2Grease and flour 9 x 5 x 3 loaf pan. Mix dry ingredients in large mixer bowl; blend in shortening, flavoring, milk, egg yolks, and chocolate. Beat 3 mins on medium speed or 450 vigorous strokes. Pour batter into pan.
3Bake 65 to 70 mins or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool 10 mins in the pan, then turn out on a rack and cool completely.
For Pumpkins
4Prepare batter for chocolate loaf cake except pour batter into 24 paper-lined muffin cups ½ full. Bake at 400 degrees for 18 to 20 mins.
5Cut a small slice of cupcake from top to level. Invert cupcake on fork and frost to resemble a pumpkin. Use a wooden pick to score sides and a small piece of green gumdrop for the stem.
Yield: Makes 2 dozen
Frosting
6Blend ⅔ cup soft margarine and 6 cups sifted powdered sugar. Stir in 3 t vanilla and about 6 T cream until smooth. Tint with food coloring to the color orange.
Ingredients
Cake
1 ½ cups flour
1 cup sugar
2 tsp baking powder
½ tsp salt
1 tsp almond extract
½ cup shortening
¾ cup milk
4 egg yolks
2 oz unsweetened chocolate, melted and cooled
For Frosting
⅔ cup softened butter or margarine
6 cups sifted powder sugar
3 tsp vanilla
6 tbsp cream
Orange food coloring and green gumdrops
Directions
For Chocolate Loaf Cake
1Heat oven to 350 degrees.
2Grease and flour 9 x 5 x 3 loaf pan. Mix dry ingredients in large mixer bowl; blend in shortening, flavoring, milk, egg yolks, and chocolate. Beat 3 mins on medium speed or 450 vigorous strokes. Pour batter into pan.
3Bake 65 to 70 mins or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool 10 mins in the pan, then turn out on a rack and cool completely.
For Pumpkins
4Prepare batter for chocolate loaf cake except pour batter into 24 paper-lined muffin cups ½ full. Bake at 400 degrees for 18 to 20 mins.
5Cut a small slice of cupcake from top to level. Invert cupcake on fork and frost to resemble a pumpkin. Use a wooden pick to score sides and a small piece of green gumdrop for the stem.
Yield: Makes 2 dozen
Frosting
6Blend ⅔ cup soft margarine and 6 cups sifted powdered sugar. Stir in 3 t vanilla and about 6 T cream until smooth. Tint with food coloring to the color orange.
Chocolate Halloween Pumpkins
AuthorRetroRuth