Mardi Gras Cake

Name: Mardi Gras Cake
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 36
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 0 teaspoons butter flavor; 36 servings Betty Crocker® gel food colors; 2 liters powdered sugar; 1 teaspoons fine salt; 473 milliliters shortening; 1 teaspoon clear vanilla; 3 boxes Betty Crocker® Super Moist® French vanilla cake mix; 118 milliliters water (3 drops more if needed)

Mardi Gras Cake might be just the dessert you are searching for. One portion of this dish contains around 2g of protein, 13g of fat, and a total of 365 calories. This dairy free recipe serves 36. If you have butter flavor, clear vanilla, water, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 45 minutes.

Instructions

Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or nonstick pans). Spray bottom and sides of a 16-inch oval pan and 13-inch oval pan with baking spray with flour.

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Baking Spray

All Purpose Flour

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Oven

Frying Pan

Make batter as directed on box, using water, oil and eggs. Divide batter between pans.

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Water

Egg

Cooking Oil

Bake for at least 45 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean and cake springs back when touched lightly in center. Cool 10 minutes. Run knife around side of pans to loosen cakes; remove from pans to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 1 hour.

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Wire Rack

Toothpicks

Oven

Knife

In medium bowl, mix all frosting ingredients with electric mixer on medium speed until fluffy. Beat in powdered sugar, 1 cup at a time, to the other ingredients until of spreading consistency. Do not over beat. Stir in desired food color.

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Powdered Sugar

Food Color

Frosting

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Hand Mixer

Bowl

On serving plate, place 16-inch cake, rounded side down.

Spread with some of frosting. Top with second cake, rounded side up. Frost side and top of cake with remaining frosting.

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Frosting

Spread

Draw on the mask. I used a coloring page for my outline and filled it with small dots, I used a round #6 tip or you can do stars. I added the border using a round #10 tip.