Torta di Zucca a forma di Zucca

do NOT dust the cake mold with olive oil and flour, try only greasing with butter? the flour does not look good on top of the cake.

loosely cover the base of the cake mold in 2 layers of foil, this is to hopefully avoid having the cake dome.

preheat oven to 350F 

mix eggs and sugar together in a large bowl

add pumpkin, milk, olive oil, and vanilla

continue mixing and add the flour and baking powder together

pour 1/4 of the mixture into each of the molds

bake for 30 - 35 minutes, check if its done by cutting a small hole using a knife.

once done cool in mold for 10 minutes then remove to cooling rack, and cool completely, several hours

to make frosting, use a fork to combine butter and sugar

add vanilla and milk and continue to mix

add additional sugar or milk to create the correct consistency for frosting

add to a plastic bag with corner cut off for piping

level the bottom of the cake pieces by removing any dome that may have formed

fix the bottom layer of the cake to the plate using some frosting

use 1/4 layer of frosting between layers of cake

spray paint the cake if desired, would advise against using orange (it is very neon), try black?

decorate the top of the cake by outlining the stem and leaf