Easter Basket Cake

Name: Easter Basket Cake
Prep time: 2 h 45 min
Cook time: 2 h 45 min
Total time: 2 h 45 min
Yield: 45
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 158 milliliters BAKERS ANGEL FLAKE Coconut; 45 servings green food coloring; 12 jelly beans; 85 grams pkg. JELL-O Orange Flavor Gelatin; 227 grams can crushed pineapple in juice, drained; 283 grams pkg. frozen pound cake, thawed; 3 red string licorice; 59 milliliters cold water; 237 milliliters boiling water; 237 milliliters thawed COOL WHIP Whipped Topping

Watching your figure? This gluten free and dairy free recipe has 44 calories, 1g of protein, and 1g of fat per serving. This recipe covers 1% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 45. It is perfect for Easter. Not If you have baker's angel flake coconut, water, cool whip whipped topping, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 2 hours and 45 minutes.

Instructions

Cut cake horizontally in half; place, cut sides up, on waxed paper-covered rimmed baking sheet. Prick with fork at 1/2-inch intervals.

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Add boiling water to gelatin mix in medium bowl; stir 2 min. until completely dissolved.

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Gelatin Dessert Mix

Water

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Bowl

Pour 1/2 cup gelatin into small bowl; stir in cold water. Slowly pour evenly over cakes. Refrigerate 1 hour.

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Gelatin

Water

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Refrigerate remaining gelatin until slightly thickened. Gently stir in COOL WHIP just until blended.

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Gelatin

Remove 1/2 cup of the COOL WHIP mixture; place in small bowl.

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Bowl

Add pineapple; mix well.

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Pineapple

Spread over 1 cake layer. Refrigerate 10 min. or just until gelatin is set; top with remaining cake layer. Frost top and sides of cake with remaining COOL WHIP mixture.

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Gelatin

Spread

Tint coconut with food coloring; sprinkle over top of cake. Decorate with jelly beans. Braid licorice strings; place over center of cake to resemble handle. Refrigerate 1 hour.

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