I am entering in the Annual Oktoberfest baking contest. It will be judge on taste instead of decoration. Is there anyother cakes besides a spice cake with cream cheese icing that would remind you of fall???

I love Pumpkin cake or maybe something with sweet potatoes. Hazelnut also reminds me of fall.

What about Pumpkin cake? I found this recipe from Kraft that I'm planning to try. It starts with a boxed cake mix but I'm sure you could start with a scratch cake instead. I will post the link below (maybe it will work).

HTH

Luscious Four-Layer Pumpkin Cake

http://www.kraftfoods.com/main.aspx?s=recipe&m=recipe/knet_recipe_display&recipe_id=65930

Spice cake reminds me of fall. Also, anything with cinnamon, nutmeg or cloves (basically allspice) would do it. LOVE PUMPKIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Beer cake? My husband loves those - but I have yet to find a good recipe for anything other than a cake that ends up heavy like a log Just thought it might go over well at an Oktoberfest!

Apple Cinnamon with Raisins Cheesecake!

Apple Pie Cheesecake!

Dark Chocolate Pumpkin Cheesecake!

STOP ME BEFORE I BAKE SOMETHING !!!

Theresa

I love going to allrecipes.com for recipes, there are several in there for an apple cake, that to me is very fall like! Check it out, also every recipe is reviewed and labeled up to a 5 star recipe. Goodluck!
Angela

someone posted a caramel apple cake by martha stewart not too long ago. I'm having a hard time finding it now, but maybe its on her website?

Hmm cakes that make me think of fall

-Apple cake w/ a cinnamon brown sugar sauce.

- Carrot cake

-Pumpkin cake (as others have said)

caramel apple
pumpkin
spice
gingerbread
apple cake
hot cocoa
http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/recipe/0,1977,FOOD_9936_34139,00.html

here's a recipe for cinnamon vanilla cake with mexican hot chocolate icing.........sounds yummy

the carmel walnut cake in the whimsical bakehouse book is my new favorite fall cake

How about Pumpkin Cake with Maple/Cream Cheese or Maple/Buttercream ?
It is very tasty and got a Blue Ribbon for it last August.

http://cake.allrecipes.com/az/MapleGingerCake.asp
I made this cake a while ago, but i would say its one of my favorites.

Mexican Chocoate Cake in the recipes here. Has cinnamon which gives it a warm fall taste.

I read someone in another post talking about an eggnog cake. They couldn't make up their mind on what type of filling to use...caramel, maple, or cinnamon.

That sounded good to me.