Construction Site Cake

Name: Construction Site Cake
Prep time: 3 h 35 min
Cook time: 3 h 35 min
Total time: 3 h 35 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 4 candy corn; 2 Tbsps chocolate-covered rock-shaped candy; 2 containers Betty Rich & Creamy or Whipped chocolate frosting; 1 box Betty chocolate cake mix; 12 servings Green food color; 12 servings Orange food color; 1 container Betty Rich & Creamy vanilla frosting; 3 smalls new small plastic toy trucks

You can never have too many dessert recipes, so give Construction Site Cake If you have candy corn, betty chocolate cake mix, betty rich & creamy vanilla frosting, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 3 hours and 35 minutes.

Instructions

Heat oven to 350F (325F for dark or nonstick pans). Grease bottoms and sides of 2 (8-inch) round cake pans with shortening or cooking spray.

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Cooking Spray

Shortening

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Oven

Make and bake cake mix as directed on box for 8-inch rounds, using water, oil and eggs. Cool 10 minutes; remove from pans to cooling racks. Cool completely, about 1 hour. For easier handling, refrigerate or freeze cakes 30 minutes to 1 hour or until firm.

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Cake Mix

Water

Egg

Cooking Oil

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Oven

On serving plate, place 1 cake layer, rounded side down. In medium bowl, mix 2 containers chocolate frosting with 1/2 container vanilla frosting.

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Chocolate Frosting

Vanilla Frosting

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Bowl

Spread with 1/2 cup of the frosting. Top with second cake layer, rounded side up.

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Frosting

Spread

Spread thin layer of frosting over cake to seal in crumbs. Refrigerate or freeze 30 minutes to 1 hour.

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Frosting

Spread

Using serrated knife, cut a quarter out of top cake layer (as shown in photo). In bowl, crumble removed cake and mix with 1/2 cup frosting to look like dirt. Mound dirt on cake. Frost remaining cake thickly with remaining frosting.

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Frosting

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Serrated Knife

Bowl

In small bowl, tint about 1/3 cup vanilla frosting with orange food color.

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Orange Food Color

Vanilla Frosting

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Bowl

Place on cake in circles for construction cones; top with candy corn. In small bowl, tint about 1/2 cup vanilla frosting with green food color for grass; place around cake.

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Green Food Color

Vanilla Frosting

Candy Corn