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My daughter's first birthday cake!
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My daughter’s first birthday cake!


I made a pumpkin cake because pumpkin purée is my daughter's absolute favorite food lol. Pumpkin spice cake, brown butter American buttercream frosting, and salted caramel filling. Powdered sugar sifted on top. It was DIVINE! Will make this again in the autumn! It wasn't the most spectacular presentation I've ever done for a cake, but I still think it turned out really nicely. I would even make this again with just one cake layer.

by CoveredInQueso

47 Comments

  7. Dj-Mar

    Wow! That looks incredible!! I’ve got to make this sometime 🫢

  9. DangerRazor

    Hoo boy, this looks incredible. Gonna have to try my hand at it.

  11. wademcgillis

    me seeing the thumbnail:

    “is that teeth?”

  12. Glyni5

    It looks like a giant pumpkin cookie. I would love to take a bite! Lucky girl, great mom!

  14. Longtime_Lurker5678

    All those ingredients do sound divine!! Yum!

    Love the accidental teeth!

  17. Connect_Diamond_8264

    That looks sumptuous wow, that’s also funny that pumpkin puree is her favorite food!

  18. Connect_Diamond_8264

    And it could be considered a Halloween cake because of the teeth, you could give it a pumpkin face or something like thar

  19. Bright_Country_1696

    Would cake again!!! What a great combination. Take a look at how Milk Bar bakes their cakes. You make it in a sheet pan so it’s flat, then you cut out the circles for the layers. You’ll end up with flat layers. Read how they do it!

  20. ChiliDogYumZappupe

    Setting the bar kinda high!

    Go mom!

    HBD, Baby Girl!

  21. Mollies_Nana

    I would love to make this … I need to find a recipe sharing section….

  27. Ok-Standard6345

    I tried to make a cake like that once and all of the filling squished out. You did a great job! 

  28. CoveredInQueso

    **RECIPES**
    [Cake recipe](https://baranbakery.com/pumpkin-cake-with-cream-cheese-frosting/#recipe)

    [Caramel Sauce](https://sallysbakingaddiction.com/homemade-salted-caramel-recipe/#tasty-recipes-68127)

    **Brown Butter Frosting**
    – 8 oz unsalted butter
    – 3-4 cups powdered sugar, sifted
    – 1 tsp vanilla
    – 1/4 tsp fine sea salt or kosher salt
    1. Prepare an ice water bath by filling a large bowl halfway with water and ice cubes. Have a second small bowl and whisk ready to go. Ensure that the smaller bowl can sit in the ice bath without water spilling into it.
    2. In a small or medium pan over medium-low heat, brown 8 oz unsalted butter until nutty & fragrant. Remove from the heat immediately.
    3. Pour the browned butter into the small bowl, then place the bowl into the ice bath. Whisk vigorously to cool the mixture evenly until it reconstitutes. When the mixture becomes fluffy and holds peaks, but isn’t stiff, remove it from the ice bath.
    4. Using a hand mixer, add in salt and powdered sugar, one cup at a time, until frosting reaches your preferred stiffness & sweetness. Add in vanilla. *Optional: add in a few tablespoons of cooled caramel sauce to add in more nuanced flavor.*

  29. islandgyalislandgyal

    can i be adopted…… this looks AMAZING!!

  30. queen_of_spadez

    This looks heavenly! Yum. But the all important question is… did baby girl love it?

  34. unctous

    I am a huge “teefs” commenting fan but i did NOT see teefs here!!! Take lots of pics so when she is older she will know what a super cool loving mom she had/has…. all that love!!!

  35. duressedame

    I genuinely thought this was supposed to be Audrey 2 from little shop of horrors

  38. anonymous_coward69

    From a fellow pumpkin puree lover, I like the way your kid thinks. 😂 Looks great.

  39. CoveredInQueso

    ***THANK YOU EVERYONE I GET IT, IT DOES INDEED LOOK LIKE TEETH. I WAS JUST TRYING A NEW FROSTING TECHNIQUE AND THE CARAMEL LEAKED OUT, SO NO IT’S NOT INTENDED TO BE TEETH. THE POINT HAS BEEN MADE.*** thank u for coming to my PSA

  40. IndividualGrocery984

    This looks so yummy and how intentional and sweet to make something so personal to your baby!! Happy birthday to her!! 😭💗

  44. PackageOutside8356

    It looks really delicious, though I wonder no one else is concerned about preparing and serving a mountain of sugar to a toddler.

  45. DiamondTippedDriller

    A mouthful of teeth drooling brown goo. But I bet it tasted good!

  46. CheezQueen924

    You can just tell by the look of it that it has a really nice crumb to it! Looks beautiful!

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