Fried pumpkin layer cake with cream cheese and orange frosting

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Ingredients

  • For the pumpkin cake:

  • 1 (480 g to 500 g) package yellow cake mix
  • 225 g pumpkin puree (fresh or canned)
  • 115 ml milk
  • 70 ml vegetable oil
  • 4 large eggs
  • 1 tsp pumpkin pie spice
  • For the cream cheese and orange Technique: Icing Adding a mixture of icing sugar and water, butter or cream to a cake or cupcake for a decorative finish. I know this Teach me, please icing :

  • 1 (225 g) package cream cheese, room temperature
  • 115 g Technique: Using Butter You could replace butter with Stork margarine. It's easy to use and comes in blocks, tubs and liquid for any kind of dish from sweet baking to savoury meals. I know this Tell me more butter , room temperature
  • 900 g Technique: Icing Adding a mixture of icing sugar and water, butter or cream to a cake or cupcake for a decorative finish. I know this Teach me, please icing sugar
  • 1 1/2 tbsps orange juice
  • 1 orange, zested
  • 3 drops yellow food coloring
  • 1 drop red food coloring
  • For the fry batter:

  • 225 g plain flour
  • 2 tbsps baking powder
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 egg, beaten
  • 225 ml milk
  • 1 tbsp vegetable oil
  • For the frying:

  • Oil, for frying
  • 1 recipe pumpkin cake
  • 1 recipe cream cheese and orange Technique: Icing Adding a mixture of icing sugar and water, butter or cream to a cake or cupcake for a decorative finish. I know this Teach me, please icing
  • 1 recipe frying batter

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Method

How to make Fried pumpkin layer cake with cream cheese and orange frosting

For the pumpkin cake:

1) Preheat oven to 180 degrees C. Grease and flour 2 (20 cm) round cake pans.

2) In a large mixing bowl combine and beat with a hand held electric mixer all the ingredients until the batter is smooth. Divide the batter between the 2 prepared cake pans. Bake for 25 to 30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Let the cakes cool in their pans for 5 minutes then turn out onto a wire rack and cool completely.

For the cream cheese and orange Technique: Icing Adding a mixture of icing sugar and water, butter or cream to a cake or cupcake for a decorative finish. I know this Teach me, please frosting :

1) Cream the cream cheese and Technique: Using Butter You could replace butter with Stork margarine. It's easy to use and comes in blocks, tubs and liquid for any kind of dish from sweet baking to savoury meals. I know this Tell me more butter together with an electric mixer until smooth. Beat in the Technique: Icing Adding a mixture of icing sugar and water, butter or cream to a cake or cupcake for a decorative finish. I know this Teach me, please icing sugar until smooth and then beat in the orange juice, zest and food colouring.

For the fry batter:

1) Technique: Whisk Using light, rapid sweeping strokes to thicken or thoroughly combine ingredients. You can also use a whisk attachment attached to a food processor. I know this Teach me, please Whisk together all the ingredients in a large shallow bowl.

For frying:

1) Heat the oil in a very large Dutch oven, must be at least 27 cm wide.

2) Dip 1 of the cake layers in the batter and gently place it in the hot oil. Fry until golden brown and crisp, about 4 minutes per side. Transfer to a paper towel lined platter to drain. Repeat with the 2nd cake layer. Let the fried cakes cool slightly and then Technique: Icing Adding a mixture of icing sugar and water, butter or cream to a cake or cupcake for a decorative finish. I know this Teach me, please frost the top of 1 layer. Place the 2nd layer on top of it and Technique: Icing Adding a mixture of icing sugar and water, butter or cream to a cake or cupcake for a decorative finish. I know this Teach me, please frost . Don't Technique: Icing Adding a mixture of icing sugar and water, butter or cream to a cake or cupcake for a decorative finish. I know this Teach me, please frost the sides, it will be pretty to see the layers of Technique: Icing Adding a mixture of icing sugar and water, butter or cream to a cake or cupcake for a decorative finish. I know this Teach me, please frosting and crispy fried cake.