Artist's Palette Birthday Cake

Name: Artist's Palette Birthday Cake
Prep time: 2 h
Cook time: 2 h
Total time: 2 h
Yield: 16
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 15 candy wafers; 227 grams tub COOL WHIP Whipped Topping, thawed, divided; 1 package (2-layer size) chocolate or white cake mix; 1 drop yellow food coloring

Artist's Palette Birthday Cake might be just the dessert you are searching for. Watching your figure? This dairy free recipe has 154 calories, 2g of protein, and 3g of fat per serving. This recipe serves 16. It will be a hit at your Birthday event. Head to the store and pick up food coloring, cool whip whipped topping, cake mix, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 2 hours.

Instructions

Prepare and bake cake mix as directed on package for 13x9-inch baking pan. Cool 5 minutes in pan; remove cake to a cake board or tray. Cool completely.

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Cake Mix

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Baking Pan

Oven

Make a template drawing of an artist's palette as shown in photograph using wax paper; place on top of cake. Frost remaining cake with 2 cups of the whipped topping; remove template.

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Whipped Topping

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Wax Paper

Tint remaining whipped topping with food coloring to create a light yellow; frost palette area left by template outline.

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Whipped Topping

Food Color

Position paint brush in center of palette; arrange different colored candy wafers on cake (as shown in photograph) to resemble blobs of paint. Refrigerate until ready to serve.

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Wafer Cookies