Having a tea party? Create a cake that will be the sweet hit.
Party-Time Purse Cake
- Prep Time 40 min
- Total 2 hr 45 min
- Servings 15
- Ingredients 9
Ingredients
Cake
- 1 box Betty Crocker™ Super Moist™ White Cake Mix
- Water, vegetable oil and egg whites called for on cake mix box
Frosting and Decorations
- 1 1/2 containers Betty Crocker™ Rich & Creamy creamy white frosting
- Betty Crocker™ blue gel food color
- Decorating bag with tips
- 1 plastic plate
- 1 or 2 large marshmallows
- Betty Crocker™ colored sugar
- Candy-coated chocolate candies
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or nonstick pan). Make, bake and cool cake as directed on box for 13x9-inch pan.
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Step2Cut cake crosswise in half. On serving plate, place 1 cake piece; spread top with 2 tablespoons white frosting from 1/2 container. Top with second cake piece. Stand cake pieces on end with cut sides down. Freeze 1 hour.
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Step3Stir food color into 1 container of frosting to tint light blue. Spread entire cake with light blue frosting.
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Step4Along front and top of cake, mark outline of an elongated V-shape with toothpick for purse flap. Stir food color into remaining 1/2 container of frosting to tint dark blue; frost purse flap with dark blue frosting. Place remaining dark blue frosting in decorating bag fitted with writing tip #7 or #8; pipe shell border along purse flap and edges of purse.
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Step5Cut rim from plastic plate; cut rim in half. Insert into top of cake for handle. Decorate purse with candies. Cut marshmallow with dampened kitchen scissors into slices; sprinkle with colored sugar. Arrange marshmallow slices on purse for clasp. Press candy onto center of clasp. Store loosely covered.
Nutrition
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