Delight the kids with this beautiful baked balloon cake decorated with bon-bon cookies and string licorice over Betty Crocker® whipped fluffy white frosting - a delicious dessert.
Balloon Fun Cake
- Prep Time 15 min
- Total 2 hr 25 min
- Servings 12
- Ingredients 11
Ingredients
- 2 1/3 cups Gold Medal™ all-purpose flour
- 1 2/3 cups sugar
- 3/4 cup butter or margarine, softened
- 2/3 cup baking cocoa
- 1 1/2 cups water
- 3 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 3 eggs
- 1 tub (12 oz) Betty Crocker™ Whipped Fluffy White Frosting
- 5 coconut-covered marshmallow bon-bon cookies
- 6 pieces string licorice
Make With
Gold Medal Flour
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 350° F. Grease bottom and sides of 13x9 inch rectangular pan with shortening; lightly flour.
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Step2In large bowl, beat all ingredients except frosting, cookies and licorice with electric mixer on low speed 30 seconds, scraping bowl constantly. Beat on high speed 3 minutes, scraping bowl occasionally. Pour into pan.
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Step3Bake 35 to 40 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes; remove from pan to wire rack. Cool completely, about 1 hour 30 minutes.
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Step4Spread frosting on top and sides of cake. Decorate with cookies and licorice to look like balloons on strings.
Nutrition
545
Calories
21g
Total Fat
5g
Protein
86g
Total Carbohydrate
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 545
- Calories from Fat
- 190
- Total Fat
- 21g
- Saturated Fat
- 9g
- Cholesterol
- 35mg
- Sodium
- 370mg
- Total Carbohydrate
- 86g
- Dietary Fiber
- 2g
- Protein
- 5g
% Daily Value*:
- Iron
- 10%
- 10%
Exchanges:
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