Dump Truck Cake

Name: Dump Truck Cake
Prep time: 1 h 25 min
Cook time: 1 h 25 min
Total time: 1 h 25 min
Yield: 10
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 5 Tbsps butter, softened; 6 chocolate-covered miniature doughnuts; 473 milliliters confectioners sugar; 3 Ho-Ho snack cakes; 10 servings Yellow and blue liquid food coloring; 1 package chocolate cake mix (regular size); 2 larges white gumdrops; 10 servings Shoestring black licorice; 2 red M&Ms; 2 Tbsps milk; 44 grams milk chocolate candy bar; 5 Tbsps shortening; 1 teaspoons vanilla extract

Dump Truck Cake might be just the dessert you are searching for. This recipe covers 2% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 10. One portion of this dish contains around 4g of protein, 16g of fat, and a total of 442 calories. Head to the store and pick up ho-ho snack cakes, chocolate cake mix, liquid food coloring, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 1 hour and 25 minutes.

Instructions

Prepare cake mix according to package directions.

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Cake Mix

Pour into two greased 8-in. x 4-in. loaf pans.

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Loaf Pan

Bake at 350° for 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely.

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Toothpicks

Oven

Using a serrated knife, level the top of each cake. Crumble removed tops; set cakes and crumbs aside.

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Serrated Knife

In a small bowl, cream shortening, butter and confectioners' sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the milk and vanilla until smooth.

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Powdered Sugar

Shortening

Vanilla

Butter

Cream

Milk

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Bowl

Place 1 cup frosting in a small bowl; tint yellow.

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Frosting

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Bowl

Place 3/4 cup frosting in another bowl; tint blue.

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Frosting

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Bowl

Place 1/4 cup frosting in a third bowl; leave plain. Frost the top of one cake yellow; top with the remaining cake to from truck body.

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Frosting

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Bowl

For truck cab, measure 2 in. from one end.

Cut 1-3/4 in. straight down; cut at an angle 1-1/2 in. deep and 1 in. toward the front of the truck.

Remove cake wedge and save for another use.

For dump truck bed, leave 1-1/2 in. of cake for cab roof, then cut 1/2 in. deep at an angle. Make a horizontal cut to the back of the truck.

Remove cake wedge and save for another use.

For wheel axles, place two snack cakes side by side and 1/2 in. apart near one corner of an 11-in. x 10-in. covered board.

Place the remaining snack cake parallel to and 2 in. from the inside snack cake. Carefully arrange truck body over snack cakes. Frost the hood, doors and bottom third of the truck with yellow frosting. For wheels, attach doughnuts with plain frosting on each side of truck.

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Frosting

Spread some of the white frosting on the slanted windshield.

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Frosting

Spread

Place the remaining white frosting in a pastry or plastic bag; cut a small hole in a corner. Pipe the windows on the doors. Frost the rest of the dump truck blue.

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Frosting

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Ziploc Bags

Cut thirteen 3/4-in. strips of licorice. Arrange eight strips on the front of the truck for the grille; set the remaining strips aside. For headlights, cut gumdrops in half.

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Gum Drops

Licorice

Place rounded half of each on outside of grille; discard the remaining cut gumdrops.

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Gum Drops

Cut two 3-1/2-in. strips, two 1-in. strips, six 1-3/4-in. strips, two 1-1/4-in. strips and four 2-in. strips of licorice. Using the 3-1/2-in. and 1-in. strips, form the windshield.

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Licorice

Place two 3/4-in. strips on windshield for wipers. For doors, position two 1-1/4-in. strips for the door tops; place the 2-in. strips for the door sides. Decorate sides and back of truck with remaining licorice.

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Licorice

Place M&M's on back of bed for rear lights. For back bumper, break candy bar into individual sections at perforations.

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Candy Bar

M&ms

Cut one piece in half widthwise.

Place some of the chocolate, flat side out, on the truck back (save remaining chocolate for another use). Spoon reserved crumbled cake into truck bed for dirt.

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Chocolate