Little Car Cakes

Name: Little Car Cakes
Prep time: 2 h 10 min
Cook time: 2 h 10 min
Total time: 2 h 10 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 12 servings Large tray or cardboard covered with wrapping paper and plastic food wrap or foil; 10 creme-filled chocolate sandwich cookies; 12 servings Blue, red, green and yellow food colors; 2 birthday cake candles; 8 yellow round starlight candies; 1 red or orange gumdrop; 12 servings Red or black string licorice; 2 containers Betty Crocker® Rich & Creamy vanilla frosting; 1 box Betty Crocker® SuperMoist® yellow cake mix

One serving contains 588 calories, 40g of protein, and 12g of fat. This recipe serves 12. This recipe covers 29% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. A mixture of round starlight candies, creme-filled chocolate sandwich cookies, rich & creamy vanilla frosting, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so yummy. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 2 hours and 10 minutes.

Instructions

Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or nonstick pans). Grease bottoms only of three 8x4-inch loaf pans, or spray bottoms with cooking spray.

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Cooking Spray

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Loaf Pan

Oven

Make cake batter as directed on cake mix box. Divide batter evenly among pans.

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Cake Mix

Bake 25 to 32 minutes (28 to 37 minutes for dark or nonstick pans) or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes. Run knife around sides of pans to loosen cakes; remove from pans to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 1 hour. Freeze cakes uncovered about 1 hour for easier frosting.

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Frosting

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Wire Rack

Toothpicks

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Knife

Remove 1/4 cup frosting from each container; set aside. To make purple frosting, stir 8 drops blue food color and 8 drops red food color into 1 container frosting. To make bright green frosting, stir 3 drops green food color and 3 drops yellow food color into other container frosting.

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Red Food Color

Frosting

Place 2 loaves, rounded sides down, on tray. To seal in crumbs, frost one with a thin layer of purple frosting; frost the other with a thin layer of green frosting.

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Frosting

Cut remaining loaf crosswise in half; taper the cut edges slightly to form windshields.

Place one half on each cake for cab, placing about 3 inches from front edge and with tapered windshield side toward front of car. Frost windows of cabs with a thin layer of reserved vanilla frosting; frost top and edges with a thin layer of colored frosting. Refrigerate or freeze cakes 30 to 60 minutes to set frosting. Frost entire cars with same colors.

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Frosting

Use licorice to outline windows and make bumpers.

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Licorice

Add starlight candies for headlights and taillights; add cookies for wheels and the spares.

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Candy