Christmas Gift Cake

Name: Christmas Gift Cake
Prep time: 1 h 10 min
Cook time: 1 h 10 min
Total time: 1 h 10 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 237 milliliters butter, softened; 2 liters confectioners sugar; 12 servings Red gel food coloring; 72 inches pieces (about each) cherry fruit by the foot fruit roll; 2 packages chocolate cake mix (regular size); 12 servings Assorted candies; 6 Tbsps milk; 237 milliliters shortening; 2 teaspoons vanilla extract

The recipe Christmas Gift Cake can be made in approximately 1 hour and 10 minutes. This recipe makes 12 servings with 1072 calories, 6g of protein, and 51g of fat each. This recipe covers 9% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. If you have cherry fruit by the foot fruit roll, confectioners' sugar, milk, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. It will be a hit at your Christmas event. It works well as a dessert.

Instructions

Line two 15-in. x 10-in. x 1-in. baking pans with waxed paper. Prepare one cake mix according to package directions; pour into one prepared pan. Repeat with remaining cake mix.

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Cake Mix

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Baking Pan

Bake at 350° for 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool for 5 minutes before removing to wire racks to cool completely. Gently peel waxed paper from cakes. Trim tops to level cake.

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Toothpicks

Oven

In a large bowl, cream butter and shortening until light and fluffy. Beat in vanilla. Gradually add confectioners' sugar alternately with milk, beating well after each addition.

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Powdered Sugar

Shortening

Vanilla

Butter

Cream

Milk

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Bowl

Remove 2 cups frosting to a bowl; tint red. Referring to diagram below, cut each cake. (Save remaining cake pieces for another use.)

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Frosting

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Bowl

Place one large cake layer on a 16-in. x 12-in. covered board. Frost top with 1/3 cup white frosting; top with second large layer. Frost top and sides white. Top with one medium cake layer; frost top with 1/3 cup white frosting. Top with remaining medium layer; frost top and sides red. Top with small cake layer; spread top with white frosting. Top with remaining small layer; frost top and sides white.

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Frosting

Spread

For ribbon, cut one fruit roll into a 19-in. long strip; set aside remaining piece. Starting at the bottom short side of the cake, center fruit roll and drape over each layer, ending at bottom of opposite side.

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Fruit

Roll

Cut another fruit roll into a 15-in. strip; set aside remaining piece. Repeat draping for the long side.

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Fruit

Roll

For the bow, cut a 12-in. and 3-in. strip from a reserved fruit strip. Loop each end of the 12-in. strip toward center; pinch together to seal. With the 3-in. strip, form a circle.

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Fruit

Place in center of bow and press to hold.

Place on cake. Insert 1-1/4-in. foil balls inside bow loops and a 3/4-in. foil ball inside center loop to hold open.

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Aluminum Foil

Cut the remaining fruit strip into four 3-1/2-in. strips; cut a "V" in one end of each. Tuck straight ends under base of bow. Decorate cake with candies.

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Base

Fruit

Remove foil balls just before serving.

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Aluminum Foil

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Servings:

237milliliters

butter, softened 2liters

confectioners' sugar 12servings

Red gel food coloring 72inches

pieces (about each) cherry fruit by the foot fruit roll 2packages

chocolate cake mix (regular size)12servings

Assorted candies 6Tbsps

milk 237milliliters

shortening 2teaspoons

vanilla extract

Recommended wine: Cream Sherry, Port, Moscato Dasti

Cream Sherry, Port, and Moscato d'Asti are my top picks for Cake. A common wine pairing rule is to make sure your wine is sweeter than your food. Delicate desserts go well with Moscato d'Asti, nutty desserts with cream sherry, and caramel or chocolate desserts pair well with port. One wine you could try is NV Johnson Estate Cream Sherry. It has 5 out of 5 stars and a bottle costs about 19 dollars.

NV Johnson Estate Cream Sherry

Very aromatic with notes of hazelnut, vanilla, and a touch of oak followed by sweet raisins and a touch of yeast. Clean lasting finish. Good now but will reward those allow it to age"". A favorite pre-prandial beverage. Consider it with nuts before dinner as an aperitif, or after dinner with dessert, especially chocolates and fruit-based desserts. Also wonderful on cold afternoons, served with biscotti to dip in ""Italian-style"". "