Baby Block Cake

Name: Baby Block Cake
Prep time: 2 h 25 min
Cook time: 2 h 25 min
Total time: 2 h 25 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: Southern
Ingredients: 1 teaspoons almond extract; 77 grams Blue and red food colors from 1 box Betty classic gel food colors; 1 container Betty Whipped fluffy white frosting; 12 servings Betty Easy Flow decorating icing (any colors); 1 box Betty white cake mix; 12 servings Betty Decorating Decors (any shape)

The recipe Baby Block Cake could satisfy your Southern craving in around 2 hours and 25 minutes. One serving contains 439 calories, 2g of protein, and 12g of fat. This dairy free recipe serves 12. Not a lot of people really liked this dessert. Head to the store and pick up almond extract, betty decorating decors, betty whipped fluffy frosting, and a few other things to make it today.

Instructions

Heat oven to 350F. Grease bottoms only of 2 (8-inch) square pans with shortening or cooking spray.

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Cooking Spray

Shortening

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Oven

Make cake batter as directed on box, adding almond extract with the water. Divide batter in half. Stir 2 drops blue food color into one half; stir 2 drops red food color into other half.

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Red Food Color

Almond Extract

Water

Pour into pans.

Bake as directed on box for 8-inch pans. Cool 10 minutes. Run knife around sides of pans to loosen cakes; remove from pans to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 1 hour.

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Wire Rack

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Knife

Place 1 cake layer on serving plate; spread with 1/2 cup white frosting. Top with second cake layer, bottom side down.

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Frosting

Spread

Spread frosting evenly on side and top of cake. Decorate cake as desired to look like baby block, using decorating icing and decors. Store loosely covered at room temperature.

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Frosting

Spread

Icing

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Oven

Wire Rack

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Servings:

1teaspoons

almond extract 77grams

Blue and red food colors from 1 box Betty classic gel food colors 1container

Betty Whipped fluffy white frosting 12servings

Betty Easy Flow decorating icing (any colors)1box

Betty white cake mix 12servings

Betty Decorating Decors (any shape)

Recommended wine: Riesling, Sparkling Wine, Zinfandel

Southern on the menu? Try pairing with Riesling, Sparkling Wine, and Zinfandel. In general, there are a few rules that will help you pair wine with southern food. Food-friendly riesling or sparkling white wine will work with many fried foods, while zinfandel is great with barbecued fare. You could try Weingut Willi Schaefer Graacher Domprobst Riesling Spatlese Number 5. Reviewers quite like it with a 4.4 out of 5 star rating and a price of about 69 dollars per bottle.