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Let's Party Cake

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  • Prep 30 min
  • Total 1 hr 45 min
  • Servings 12
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Stack up some delicious fun with a birthday cake that’s super easy.
Created Aug 20, 2014
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Ingredients

  • 1 pkg (510 g) Betty Crocker* Super Moist Cake Mix (any flavour)
  • Water, vegetable oil and eggs as called for on cake mix package
  • 1 tub (450 g) Betty Crocker* Creamy Deluxe* White Frosting or (340 g) Whipped White Frosting
  • Yellow and red food colours
  • Blue and green neon food colours
  • 3 small pkgs tropical flavour candy-coated fruit-flavoured chewy candies or 1 bag (8 oz) candy-coated chocolate candies

Steps

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    1
    Heat oven to 350oF(325°F for dark or non-stick pans). Lightly grease or spray with non-stick cooking spray, bottom and side of 9-inch (23 cm) round cake pan. Place paper baking cup in each of 12 regular-size muffin cups.
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    2
    Make cake mix as directed on box, using water, oil and eggs. Spread half of batter in round pan; spoon remaining batter into muffin cups. Bake as directed on box. Cool completely, about 1 hour.
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    3
    In small bowl, place 1 tablespoon (15 mL) frosting; stir in 2 drops yellow food colour. In another small bowl, place 1/4 cup (50 mL) frosting, 3 drops yellow food colour and 1 drop red food colour; stir to make orange frosting. In third small bowl, place 1/2 cup (125 mL) frosting; stir in 7 drops blue neon food colour. To remaining frosting in container, stir in 7 drops green neon food colour.
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    4
    On serving plate, place cake layer with rounded side down. Frost top and side with green frosting. Frost 7 cupcakes with blue frosting, 4 cupcakes with orange frosting and 1 cupcake with yellow frosting. Place 1 blue cupcake on centre of green frosted cake. Place remaining blue cupcakes, sides touching, in circle around centre cupcake. Place 2 rows of 2 orange cupcakes on top centre of blue cupcakes. Place yellow cupcake on top centre. Press candies into frosting to decorate. Store loosely covered at room temperature.

Expert Tips

  • Tip 1
    You can freeze the unfrosted cake and cupcakes (tightly covered) for up to 2 months.

Nutrition Information

440 Calories, 18g Total Fat, 3g Protein, 66g Total Carbs, 48g Sugars

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 12
Calories
440
Total Fat
18g
Saturated Fat
4 1/2g
Trans Fat
3g
Cholesterol
55mg
Sodium
330mg
14%
Total Carbs
66g
Dietary Fiber
0g
Sugars
48g
Protein
3g
% Daily Value*:
Vitamin C
6
6%
Calcium
6
6%
Iron
4
4%
Exchanges:
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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