RECIPE: Halloween Or Thanksgiving Bundt Cake

The best seasonal bundt cake is a pumpkin bundt. Here are two versions, one for Halloween and one for Thanksgiving. You can use: A special Nordicware pumpkin bundt cake pan A single conventional bundt cake pan (for a shorter cake) Two conventional bundt cakes, to approximate the style of the specialty pumpkin bundt pan (it…
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RECIPE: Apple Streusel Bundt Cake & The History Of The Bundt

Updated August 2026   Remember the Tunnel Of Fudge Cake, a chocolate bundt cake with an inner circle of chocolate pudding? Here’s a sophisticated version for fall: a Bundt cake with a circle of apple streusel‡ (photos #4 and #5). Celebrate fall’s apple harvest with this apple Bundt recipe from Zulka, a family-owned business that…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Halloween Cocktail Party

Toast All Hallow’s Eve with a Vampire Elixir. Photo courtesy Belvedere Vodka. There’s still time to invite friends to a Halloween cocktail party—costumes optional. Create your cocktail menu from these cocktail recipes: Bloody Eyeball Martini Bloody Vampire Martini Brandy-Based Cocktails Drunken Pumpkin Pie Candy Corn Cocktail Gin-Based Cocktails Harvest Moon Cocktail Kahlúa-Based Cocktails Pumpkin Divine…
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