"Let's Party" Cake
Recipe from Betty Crocker

Stack up some delicious fun with a birthday cake that's super easy.


Let's Party Cake

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Servings: 12 servings
Prep Time: 30 mins
Total Time: 1 hr 45 mins
 
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Ingredients
  • box Betty Crocker® SuperMoist® cake mix (any flavor)
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    Water, vegetable oil and eggs called for on cake mix box
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  • container (12 oz) Betty Crocker® Whipped fluffy white frosting or (1 lb) Betty Crocker® Rich & Creamy vanilla frosting
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    Yellow and red food colors
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    Blue and green neon food colors
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  • packages (2.17 oz each) tropical flavor candy-coated fruit-flavored chewy candies or 1 bag (8 oz) candy-coated chocolate candies
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Directions
1.
Heat oven to 350 degrees F (325 degrees F for dark or nonstick pans). Grease and flour bottom and side of 9-inch round cake pan, or spray with baking spray with flour. Place paper baking cup in each of 12 regular-size muffin cups.
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.
3.
In small bowl, place 1 tablespoon frosting; stir in 2 drops yellow food color. In another small bowl, place 1/4 cup frosting, 3 drops yellow food color and 1 drop red food color; stir to make orange frosting. In third small bowl, place 1/2 cup frosting; stir in 7 drops blue neon food color. To remaining frosting in container, stir in 7 drops green neon food color.
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 center of green frosted cake. Place remaining blue cupcakes, sides touching, in circle around center cupcake. Place 2 rows of 2 orange cupcakes on top center of blue cupcakes. Place yellow cupcake on top center. Press candies into frosting to decorate. Store loosely covered at room temperature.

High Altitude (3500-6500 ft):
Follow High Altitude cake mix directions on box.

Nutrition information
Calories 440 (Calories from Fat 160); Total Fat 18g (Saturated Fat 4.5g, Trans Fat 3g); Cholesterol 55mg; Sodium 330mg; Total Carbohydrate 66g (Dietary Fiber 0g, Sugars 48g); Protein 3g. Daily Values: Vitamin A 0%; Vitamin C 6%; Calcium 6%; Iron 4%. Exchanges: 1 Starch; 3 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Vegetable; 3 1/2 Fat. Carbohydrate Choices: 4 1/2. Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet
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