Instructions:
Preheat oven to 350°F. Line 3 (12-cup) cupcake cups with paper liners.
Beat cake mix with eggs, buttermilk and oil until blended.
Roughly chop 2 cups (approximately 18) unwrapped Twix bars and fold into batter. Divide batter evenly between prepared cupcake pans.
Bake 15 to 20 minutes. Remove from oven, transfer to wire rack and let cool completely.
Tint vanilla frosting with orange food coloring. Arrange cupcakes snugly together into large pumpkin shape on 18-inch cake circle or platter.
Follow this pattern - one row of 4 cupcakes, one row of 5, one row of 6, another of 5, another of 4. This leaves 2 cupcakes to be placed at pumpkin’s top for stem.
Spread orange frosting over cupcakes, covering completely to look like one big cake. Use black M&M’S to outline pumpkin and to make eyes, mouth and nose. Fill in remaining areas of pumpkin with orange M&M’S.
Check out these and other Halloween treats, party ideas and activities at the website brightideas.com
This farm news was published in the Oct. 18, 2006 issue of Farm World, serving Indiana, Ohio, Illinois, Kentucky, Michigan and Tennessee.
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