With a box of Betty Crocker cake mix, ready-made frosting, and Fruit Roll-Ups, it’s scary how easy it is to make this birthday cake.
Silly Monster Cake
- Prep Time 35 min
- Total 3 hr 35 min
- Servings 12
- Ingredients 9
Ingredients
- 1 box Betty Crocker™ Super Moist™ Yellow Cake Mix
- Water, vegetable oil and eggs called for on cake mix box
- 3 tubs (16 oz) Betty Crocker™ Rich & Creamy Vanilla Frosting
- Neon orange food color
- 2 rolls Betty Crocker™ Blastin' Berry Fruit Roll-Ups® chewy fruit snack (from 5-oz box)
- 3 to 4 pieces black string licorice
- Small black gumdrop
- 2 sugar-style ice cream cones with pointed ends
- 2 wooden skewers (4 inch)
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or nonstick pans). Grease bottoms and sides of 2 (8-inch) round cake pans with shortening or cooking spray.
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Step2Make and bake cake mix as directed on box for 8-inch rounds, using water, oil and eggs. Cool 10 minutes; remove from pans to cooling racks. Cool completely, about 1 hour. For easier handling, refrigerate or freeze cakes 30 minutes to 1 hour or until firm.
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Step3In medium bowl, mix 2 containers frosting and orange food color. On serving plate, place 1 cake layer, rounded side down. Spread with 1 cup of the orange frosting. Top with second cake layer, rounded side up. Spread thin layer of orange frosting over cake to seal in crumbs. Refrigerate or freeze 30 minutes to 1 hour.
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Step4Frost top and side of cake with orange frosting, using back of spoon to create texture.
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Step5Spread large circle of vanilla frosting for eyeball. Unroll 1 fruit snack; cut out small circle for eye and teeth for mouth. Place circle in center of eye. Top with gumdrop. Spread vanilla frosting for mouth; add fruit roll-up for teeth. Outline each with black licorice; add eye lashes.
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Step6Unroll remaining fruit snack; wrap around ice cream cone. Insert skewers at top of cake; attach cones to look like horns.
Nutrition
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