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“I vant a cupcake” Halloween Pumpkin

“I vant a cupcake” Halloween Pumpkin

Last year, I decided to try to incorporate food into one of my Halloween jack-o-lanterns in addition to the usual array of scary, smiling pumpkin faces. It worked out well and I came up with a creepy skeleton hand holding a cupcake. This year, I wanted to try my (non-skeleton) hand at incorporating food into my pumpkin carving again. I considered trying to go with a slice of pumpkin pie, or some other pumpkin dessert, but ultimately decided that the cupcake would be an ongoing theme. This year’s pumpkin is called “I vant a cupcake.”

It was inspired by my Vampire Cupcakes, showing a fanged pumpkin face about to dive into a moist, cherry pie-filled cupcake and ready to suck up the filling. This is one of my first attempts to sculpt a design into a pumpkin without actually cutting straight through the pumpkin itself. I used a zester that had a large opening for making twists (to garnish drinks) to carve away the outer rind in the area I wanted to put the cupcake, then used regular pumpkin carving tools to cut away the rest. I free-handed the whole design, so I can’t share a template, but one tip that will help you is to thin the pumpkin wall from the inside. A thinner wall will not only be easier to carve, but it will let more light through if you decide to try and sculpt your design.

“I vant a cupcake” Halloween Pumpkin, unlit

I’m including a detail of the cupcake below, if you want to take a closer look at how I carved it out. I tried to make the outlines and lines of the wrapper deeper and brighter, while keeping the frosting more rounded and billowy.

Scuplted Cupcake Detail

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7 Comments
  • Nutmeg Nanny
    October 30, 2009

    How adorable!

  • Nikki
    October 31, 2009

    What a clever idea!

  • thecoffeesnob
    November 1, 2009

    This is so cute! How long did it take you to do it?

  • Nicole
    November 1, 2009

    Thecoffeesnob – Not long, maybe an hour or so from start to finish.

  • Ashley
    November 4, 2009

    This is seriously awesome!

  • Avanika (Yumsilicious Bakes)
    November 29, 2009

    This is amazing!!! Would lvoe to know how you did it!

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