Page 134 - Betty Crocker - Halloween Cookbook

Halloween Cake

PREP TIME: 40 Minutes • START TO FINISH: 4 Hours 20 Minutes • 24 servings

Cake 1. Heat oven to 325°F. Spray 2½-quart ovenproof bowl with baking
2 boxes carrot or spice spray with flour. In large bowl, make 1 box of cake batter as directed on
cake mix with pudding in box, using water, oil and eggs. Pour batter into ovenproof bowl. Bake
the mix 1 hour 15 minutes to 1 hour 20 minutes or until toothpick inserted
Water, vegetable oil and in center comes out clean. Cool 15 minutes. Run knife just around
eggs called for on cake top edge of cake. Remove cake from bowl; place rounded side up on
mix boxes cooling rack. Repeat with remaining box of cake mix to make second
cake. Cool cakes completely, about 1 hour.
Frosting and Decorations 2. In medium bowl, tint frosting with 9 drops yellow and 6 drops red
2 containers vanilla creamy
ready-to-spread frosting food color to make orange frosting. Trim bottoms of both cakes to
form flat surfaces. Place 1 cake, round side down, on plate. Spread ²⁄₃
Yellow and red food
colors cup of the orange frosting over flat side of cake almost to edge. Place
second cake, round side up, on frosted cake to make round shape.
Pull-apart green licorice Frost entire cake with remaining orange frosting.
twists
Chewy fruit-flavored 3. To make stem, cut twist of licorice crosswise into thirds. Gather
snack rolls (any flavor) pieces together and twist. Use toothpick to make hole in top of cake;
Edible glitter, if desired insert licorice stem. Pull apart licorice to make vines. Cut leaves from
fruit snack rolls. Garnish cake with vines and leaves. Sprinkle with
glitter. Store loosely covered.

1 Serving (Cake and Frosting Only): Calories 410; Total Fat 20g (Saturated Fat 4g); Sodium
350mg; Potassium 55mg; Total Carbohydrate 54g (Dietary Fiber 0g); Protein 3g Exchanges: 1
Starch, 2½ Other Carbohydrate, 4 Fat Carbohydrate Choices: 3½

Terrifying Tip

Instead of licorice, use a green flat-bottom ice cream cone for a
stem, placing it upside down.

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