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Party-Time Purse Cake

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By Betty Crocker Kitchens
Updated Dec 16, 2011
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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
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Ingredients

Cake

Frosting and Decorations

Instructions

  • Step 
    1
    Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or nonstick pan). Make, bake and cool cake as directed on box for 13x9-inch pan.
  • Step 
    2
    Cut 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.
  • Step 
    3
    Stir food color into 1 container of frosting to tint light blue. Spread entire cake with light blue frosting.
  • Step 
    4
    Along 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.
  • Step 
    5
    Cut 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.

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