Drummer Boy Cake

Name: Drummer Boy Cake
Prep time: 1 h 20 min
Cook time: 1 h 20 min
Total time: 1 h 20 min
Yield: 18
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 227 grams pkg. PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese, softened; 1 package (2-layer size) chocolate cake mix; 111 grams pkg. JELL-O Chocolate Flavor Instant Pudding; 1 strip peelable red licorice; 283 grams jar maraschino cherries, well drained, chopped; 2 JET-PUFFED Marshmallows; 1 teaspoons milk; 59 milliliters powdered sugar, divided; 2 pretzel rods; 113 grams pkg. BAKERS Semi-Sweet Chocolate, chopped; 11 vanilla wafers; 227 grams tub COOL WHIP Whipped Topping (Do not thaw.), divided

One serving contains 274 calories, 3g of protein, and 10g of fat. This recipe serves 18. This recipe covers 3% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 1 hour and 20 minutes. A mixture of chocolate cake mix, pretzel rods, jell-o chocolate flavor instant pudding, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so yummy.

Instructions

Heat oven to 350F.

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Oven

Refrigerate 1/3 of the COOL WHIP. Return remaining COOL WHIP to freezer. Prepare cake batter; blend in dry pudding mix.

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Pudding Mix

Bake as directed on package for 2 (9-inch) round layers. Cool cakes in pans 10 min.; invert onto wire racks. Cool completely.

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Oven

Meanwhile, mix 2 Tbsp. powdered sugar and milk.

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Powdered Sugar

Milk

Brush onto wafers. Microwave frozen COOL WHIP and chopped chocolate on HIGH 1-1/2 min. or until chocolate is melted, stirring after 1 min. Cool 15 min. to thicken.

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Chocolate

Wafer Cookies

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Microwave

Beat cream cheese and remaining sugar with whisk until well blended. Stir in cherries and thawed COOL WHIP. Stack cake layers on plate, filling with cream cheese mixture. Frost with chocolate mixture. Decorate with wafers and remaining ingredients to resemble a drum and sticks. Refrigerate leftovers.

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Cream Cheese