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Fairy Garden Cake

Fairy Garden Cake
You can never have too many dessert recipes, so give Fairy Garden Cake a try. One serving contains 626 calories, 8g of protein, and 20g of fat. This dairy free recipe serves 15. If you have candy rocks, food colors, candy sprinkles, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 3 hours and 35 minutes.

Instructions

1
Heat oven to 350F (325F for dark or nonstick pans). Grease or spray 2 (8-inch) round cake pans.
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Place paper baking cup in each of 24 regular-size muffin cups. Make, bake and cool 1 box cake mix as directed for 2 (8-inch) rounds. Make, bake and cool other box as directed for cupcakes. Reserve 3 cupcakes; save remaining cupcakes for another use. For easier handling, refrigerate or freeze cakes 30 minutes or until firm.
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Stir green food color into 1 container frosting to make light green. On plate, place 1 cake layer, rounded side down.
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Spread with 1/2 cup light green frosting. Top with second cake layer, rounded side up.
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5
Spread thin layer light green frosting over cake to seal crumbs. Refrigerate or freeze 30 minutes.
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Spread another layer light green frosting on cake; smooth with spatula. Stir green food color into 1/3 cup frosting to make dark green. Spoon into small plastic bag.
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7
Cut 1/4 inch off corner, and squeeze gently to draw grass, flower stems and bushes on cake.
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Stir blue food color into 1/3 cup frosting to make blue. Spoon into small plastic bag.
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9
Cut 1/4 inch off corner, and squeeze gently to draw pond and river on cake.
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Stir yellow food color into 3/4 cup frosting to make yellow.
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Remove baking cups from 2 cupcakes.
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12
Place 1 cupcake, rounded side down, on cake for fairy cottage.
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Spread 2 teaspoons yellow frosting on cupcake; top with another cupcake, rounded side up.
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14
Spread yellow frosting on top and sides of cupcake stack.
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15
Place 3 cookies on rounded top of cupcake, using remaining yellow frosting to stick them together.
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16
Place remaining cookies on cake as shown.
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Press 2 large gumdrops together; on sugared surface, roll gumdrops with rolling pin to flatten.
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Cut out large circle for roof; place on top of cottage.
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Spoon melted chocolate into small plastic bag.
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Cut 1/4 inch off corner; squeeze gently to draw door and windows on cottage.
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To make gumdrop mushrooms, use melted white chips to attach 3 large gumdrops to round chewy caramels.
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Cut chewy chocolate candy in half crosswise; use white chips to stick 1 to base of each small gumdrop. Use melted white chips to draw dots on gumdrops and roof.
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Place on cake.
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Decorate with candy rocks and sprinkles as shown.
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Spread remaining frosting on last reserved cupcake.
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DifficultyExpert
Ready In3 hrs, 35 m.
Servings15
Health Score1
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