Great Pumpkin Cake
1 pkg. (2-layer) cake mix (any flavor), plus ingredients to prepare mix
1 pkg. (8 oz.) PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese, softened
1/4 cup (1/2 stick) butter, softened
4 cups powdered sugar
Few drops each green, red and yellow food colorings
1 COMET Cup
PREPARE and bake cake mix in 12-cup fluted tube pan as directed on package. Cool 10 minutes in pan. Remove from pan; cool completely on wire rack.
BEAT cream cheese and butter in small bowl with electric mixer on medium speed until creamy. Gradually add sugar, beating until light and fluffy. Remove 1/2 cup of the frosting; place in small bowl. Add green food coloring; stir until well blended. Spread half of the green frosting onto outside of ice cream cone; set aside. Reserve remaining green frosting for later use.
ADD red and yellow food colorings to the remaining white frosting to tint it orange. Spread onto cake to resemble pumpkin. Invert ice cream cone in hole in top of cake for the "pumpkin's stem." Pipe the reserved green frosting in vertical lines down side of cake (see Tip).
What it's supposed to look like: