This Halloween serve your party guests a cake filled with candy. Not only is there candy coming out of the top of this Pumpkin Pail Cake but when you cut open the cake you’ll find more candy hiding inside.
Did you carry a plastic pumpkin to collect candy when you went out trick or treating on Halloween?
It’s the perfect candy collecting vessel for young kids. Of course, at some point, most kids outgrow the pumpkin and opt for a pillowcase.
I remember using both and as much as I loved running from door to door collecting candy, my favorite part of the night was when I got to dump the candy out onto the table to see what was hiding inside my bucket or pillowcase. There was something quite magical about that moment.
I tried to recreate that feeling of excitement in this cake. When you look at the cake it looks just like an iconic plastic bucket filled with candy. Then you cut into it to find even more candy is hiding inside.
Now that is my kind of Halloween dessert.
This cake was so much fun to make and even more fun to serve.
Thankfully, I did write a very detailed tutorial in case you’d like to make one for yourself.
Stop by Tablespoon.com to see how I turned a pumpkin spice cake into this fun Halloween dessert.
I’m curious what size sphere cake pan you used to make this? I want to attempt the recipe, thanks!
Hi Melissa,
I used a Wilton Ball Cake Pan. The sphere is about 6 inches in diameter. You can find the pans at craft stores and on Amazon using this affiliate link – https://amzn.to/35ebMOj.
Don’t understand why no recipes?
Hi Crystal,
I created this recipe for Tablespoon.com and the recipe lives on their website. There’s a link in the post above, but you can get to it using this link too – http://www.tablespoon.com/recipes/halloween-pumpkin-surprise-cake/99b2777c-4be6-4dce-b78a-a26931781032/
This cake is so fantastic! I LOVE it! I know your party is going to be a huge success! Have FUN, Beth!
No, I cannot believe that's a cake. It looks so perfect!
And yeah, I get like that too. So excited I can't sleep, then when the day comes I can't wait for it to be over. Haha. Good luck today with the 90 guests.
I'll tell you now.. if I knew you and saw this cake on here, I'd be extremely disappointed if I didn't see this at the party!
Thanks. I'm sure once my guests see all the amazing desserts I've made they wont miss having the cake, but it sure would have been cool to serve it.I can't believe it but I slept well last night and am rested and relaxed. My guests arrive in just over 8 hours and I'm ready to have some fun.
Wow, this would have been perfect for your party – it is amazing, looks like the real thing!
Yes, but now I have amazing cookies from you instead. They are way cooler!!!!
ditto what anonymous said! man i would surely make this and come to your party if i was in your neighborhood! never mind if it would be wonky looking i'd still wanna come-lol 😉
You'd be a wonderful party guest and I'd take a wonky cake just to meet you!
OMG I LOVE that!! It's so cute! Great ideas (as always, lol)!