Surprise on the Inside Gender Reveal Cake
Updated Jul 25, 2023
A fun cake filled with a colorful sweet surprise that tumbles out when you cut into it, revealing to your eager guests if the baby-to-be is a girl (pink) or a boy (blue)!
Surprise on the Inside Gender Reveal Cake
- Prep Time 30 min
- Total 3 hr 25 min
- Servings 16
- Ingredients 6
Ingredients
- 2 boxes Betty Crocker™ Super Moist™ White Cake Mix (or your favorite flavor)
- Water, vegetable oil and whole eggs called for on cake mix boxes
- 2 tubs (12 oz) Betty Crocker™ Whipped Fluffy White Frosting
- 2 cups pink or blue M&M's® candy-coated milk chocolate candies
- 1/4 cup pink or blue M&M's® minis candy-coated milk chocolate candies
- 3/4 cup assorted pink or blue candy sprinkles
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or nonstick pans). Spray bottoms and sides of 2 (8-inch) round cake pans; line with cooking parchment paper. In large bowl, beat 1 box cake mix and ingredients called for on box with electric mixer on medium speed 2 minutes, scaping bowl occasionally. Divide evenly between pans. Bake as directed on box. Cool 10 minutes; remove from pans to cooling rack; remove parchment paper. Cool completely, about 1 hour. Meanwhile, mix and bake the second box of cake mix to make 2 more layers.
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Step2Flatten cake layers by trimming off rounded tops. In 2 layers, cut small round out of center, using 4-inch round cutter.
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Step3To assemble cake: Place 1 uncut cake layer on cake stand or serving platter; spread 1/3 cup frosting on top. Top with 1 layer with center removed; spread 1/3 cup frosting on top. Top with second layer with center removed; spread 1/3 cup frosting on top.
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Step4In small bowl, mix chocolate candies and sprinkles. Fill cake with candy mixture. Gently press candies to level, top with full cake layer. Frost side and top of cake using remaining frosting. Store loosely covered.
Nutrition
700
Calories
34g
Total Fat
5g
Protein
94g
Total Carbohydrate
67g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 700
- Calories from Fat
- 310
- Total Fat
- 34g
- 53%
- Saturated Fat
- 14g
- 71%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 65mg
- 22%
- Sodium
- 430mg
- 18%
- Potassium
- 100mg
- 3%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 94g
- 31%
- Dietary Fiber
- 0g
- 0%
- Sugars
- 67g
- Protein
- 5g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 2%
- 2%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 15%
- 15%
- Iron
- 8%
- 8%
Exchanges:
1 1/2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 5 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 6 1/2 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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