Monkeying-Around Cake

Name: Monkeying-Around Cake
Prep time: 3 h 20 min
Cook time: 3 h 20 min
Total time: 3 h 20 min
Yield: 16
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 118 milliliters creamy peanut butter; 1 package (2-layer size) chocolate cake mix; 96 grams pkg. JELL-O Vanilla Flavor Instant Pudding; 237 milliliters cold milk; 2 Mini OREO Bite Size Cookies; 113 grams BAKERS Semi-Sweet Chocolate; 1 black string licorice; 2 vanilla wafers; 237 milliliters thawed COOL WHIP Whipped Topping; 118 milliliters whipping cream

This recipe serves 16. One portion of this dish contains roughly 5g of protein, 11g of fat, and a total of 270 calories. Head to the store and pick up chocolate cake mix, whipping cream, string licorice, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 3 hours and 20 minutes.

Instructions

Heat oven to 350F. Prepare cake batter as directed on package; pour into greased and floured 2-qt. ovenproof glass bowl.

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Bake 1 hour or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool cake in bowl 15 min.; invert onto wire rack. Cool completely.

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Beat pudding mix and milk in large bowl with whisk 2 min.

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Pudding Mix

Milk

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Whisk

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Add peanut butter; beat until well blended. Stir in COOL WHIP.

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Peanut Butter

Cut cake horizontally in half; place flat layer on plate. Frost with half the pudding mixture; cover with remaining cake half, rounded-side up. Spoon remaining pudding mixture into resealable plastic bag; refrigerate with cake until ready to use.

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Bring cream just to boil in small saucepan on low heat.

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Cream

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Add chocolate; cook until melted, stirring constantly. Cool 10 min. Meanwhile, dip edges of wafers in glaze; place on plate.

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Dip

Let stand until glaze is firm.

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Glaze

Spread remaining glaze onto cake.

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Make 2 small cuts in top of cake; insert wafers in cuts for the monkey's ears. Refrigerate 30 min.

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Wafer Cookies

Cut corner off 1 bottom corner of bag of pudding mixture; use to pipe pudding mixture onto cake for the monkey's mouth and into mound on top of head as shown in photo.

Cut 6-inch length from licorice; place on cake for mouth.

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Licorice

Cut remaining licorice piece in half; add to cake for the nostrils. Split OREO Cookies in half; place creme-covered halves on cake for the eyes. Discard remaining OREO halves or reserve for snacking. Keep cake refrigerated.

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Oreo Cookies