HARVEST PUMPKIN CAKE

A few weeks ago I was asked to bring a cake to our stake's annual cake buffet that was held after the General Relief Society meeting. After accepting the assignment I found out that the cakes that had been brought in the past were masterpieces. I was pretty intimidated and didn't want my cake to be the ugly duckling of the bunch. The only catch was that it had to be pre-sliced...which made decorating a little tricky. I was super stressed and I tried to kick it up a notch by doing chocolate leafs (which are impossible and frustrating) and ultimately decided against them. I don't love the cake as a whole, but the individual slices were pretty cute. A major bummer was that I wasn't even able to stay because I hurt my back...but then again, it was probably a good thing because I would have wanted to taste every cake and I probably would have come home 20 pounds heavier...maybe next year.