Party-Time Purse Cake
For 61 cents per serving, this recipe covers 3% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One serving contains 326 calories, 3g of protein, and 8g of fat. This recipe serves 15. Not A mixture of gel food color, colored sugar, decorating, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so tasty. It is a good option if you're following a dairy free diet. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 2 hours and 45 minutes.
Instructions
Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or nonstick pan). Make, bake and cool cake as directed on box for 13x9-inch pan.
Cut cake crosswise in half. On serving plate, place 1 cake piece; spread top with 2 tablespoons white frosting from 1/2 container. Top with second cake piece. Stand cake pieces on end with cut sides down. Freeze 1 hour.
Stir food color into 1 container of frosting to tint light blue.
Spread entire cake with light blue frosting.
Along front and top of cake, mark outline of an elongated V-shape with toothpick for purse flap. Stir food color into remaining 1/2 container of frosting to tint dark blue; frost purse flap with dark blue frosting.
Place remaining dark blue frosting in decorating bag fitted with writing tip #7 or #8; pipe shell border along purse flap and edges of purse.
Cut rim from plastic plate; cut rim in half. Insert into top of cake for handle. Decorate purse with candies.
Cut marshmallow with dampened kitchen scissors into slices; sprinkle with colored sugar. Arrange marshmallow slices on purse for clasp. Press candy onto center of clasp. Store loosely covered.