Party Checkerboard Cake

Name: Party Checkerboard Cake
Prep time: 2 h 5 min
Cook time: 2 h 5 min
Total time: 2 h 5 min
Yield: 16
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 85 grams package cream cheese, softened; 3 eggs; 1 container Betty Whipped fluffy white frosting; 181 grams Betty Easy Flow white decorating icing (from can), if desired; 16 servings Candy flowers, if desired; 237 milliliters milk; 1 boxes (4-serving size) strawberry- or orange-flavored gelatin; 1 teaspoon vanilla; 1 box Betty yellow cake mix; 16 servings Yellow food color

This recipe serves 16. This recipe covers 5% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One portion of this dish contains approximately 5g of protein, 18g of fat, and a total of 479 calories. Head to the store and pick up milk, eggs, candy flowers, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 2 hours and 5 minutes.

Instructions

Heat oven to 350F. Grease and lightly flour bottoms and sides of three 9-inch round pans of checkerboard cake set.

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All Purpose Flour

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Oven

Place divider ring in one of the pans, following manufacturer's directions.

In medium bowl, beat cake mix, milk, cream cheese, vanilla and eggs with electric mixer on low speed 1 minute, scraping bowl constantly. Beat 2 minutes longer. Divide batter in half; stir gelatin into half of the batter.

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Cream Cheese

Cake Mix

Gelatin

Vanilla

Egg

Milk

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Hand Mixer

Bowl

Spoon batter into each pan and using divider ring, following manufacturer's directions.

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Frying Pan

Bake 23 to 29 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes. Loosen side of each cake from pan with metal spatula; turn upside down onto cooling rack. Cool completely, about 1 hour.

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Wire Rack

Toothpicks

Oven

Spatula

Frying Pan

Tint frosting with yellow food color until deep yellow color. Using a thin layer of frosting between layers, stack cake layers so outside colors of cake alternate.

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Yellow Food Color

Frosting

Place cake on serving plate; frost side and top of cake with frosting. Decorate with decorating icing; garnish with candy flowers. Store loosely covered.

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Frosting

Candy

Icing