Is there a way to do this? Any recommendations? Thanks

. . . do you have a bundt pan . . .

A glass pyrex bowl!

Use a bundt pan and stack 2, the bottom one upside down and the top one right side up. Makes a very cute pumpkin.

I have the tubular pan for angel food cakes, but no bundt pan And nope, no pyrex glass bowl. I think my mother in law has one, how big should it be??

I use the large glass pyrex bowl for a pumkin cake. You can get a set of 3 for really cheap at the grocery store or Wal-Mart. I also use the other size for other cakes. You have to cook them on a lower temp, like around 310 degrees for the large bowl and I believe I cooked if for about 55 minutes or an hour. That is how I do it and it works out perfect. Just cook 2 and put the flat sides together.

. . . the only other suggestion I have if you can't pull together one of the previous ideas is a CCcake . . . not 3D . . . but perhaps a reasonable facsimile . . . http://cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=gallery&file=displayimage&pid=1085933 . . . maybe someone you know has a bundt pan (that would be easiest) . . .

Or you could just bake off and stack a few round cakes in this order (for stacking)

7 inch
8 inch
9 inch
9 inch
9 inch
8 inch

^^^That's for a traditional tall carving pumpkin.

You could leave out one of the 9's--then just carve it a bit--clip off the edges to get it to shape up--that gives you a 10 - 12 inch tall pumpkin--this is a 3-tier cake so put in your supports.

Or just bake off whatever size you want and stack it up. You don't need a bowl or anything. I mean pumpkins come in allll shapes --if it's orange, has ribs and a stem it's a pumpkin!

Don't put much detail in the cake carving. Put in the ribs of the pumpkin with the icing is how I do it. For example after crumb coating--pipe stripes of icing up an down as the fullest part of the rib first then cover with the orange icing to form the scallops, the ribs of the pumpkin.

Pumpkin thoughts for you.

Thanks everyone!!!