Pony Cake

Name: Pony Cake
Prep time: 4 h
Cook time: 4 h
Total time: 4 h
Yield: 12
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 box Betty Crocker® SuperMoist® yellow or devils food cake mix; 1 container Betty Crocker® Rich & Creamy chocolate frosting; 1 small round chocolate-covered creamy mint; 3 eggs; 12 servings Red food color; 1 container Betty Crocker® Rich & Creamy vanilla frosting; 118 milliliters vegetable oil; 237 milliliters water

For 73 cents per serving, this recipe covers 5% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One serving contains 543 calories, 4g of protein, and 23g of fat. This recipe serves 12. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 4 hours. Head to the store and pick up eggs, food color, devil's food cake mix, and a few other things to make it today. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free and fodmap friendly diet.

Instructions

Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or nonstick pans). Grease or spray two 9-inch round cake pans. In large bowl, beat cake mix, water, oil and eggs with electric mixer on low speed 30 seconds, then on medium speed 2 minutes, scraping bowl occasionally. Divide batter between pans.

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Cake Mix

Water

Egg

Cooking Oil

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Hand Mixer

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Oven

Bake as directed on box for 9-inch rounds. Cool 10 minutes; remove cakes from pans to cooling racks. Cool completely, about 30 minutes. For easier handling, refrigerate or freeze cakes 30 to 60 minutes or until firm.

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Oven

Meanwhile, in small bowl, tint 1/4 cup vanilla frosting with red food color to make pink; place in resealable plastic freezer bag.

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Vanilla Frosting

Red Food Color

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Bowl

Place 1/2 cup chocolate frosting in another resealable plastic freezer bag.

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Chocolate Frosting

Cut small tip off 1 corner of each bag. In medium bowl, stir together remaining vanilla frosting and chocolate frosting to make light brown frosting.

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Chocolate Frosting

Frosting

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Bowl

Using serrated knife, cut off rounded portion of top of each cake to make level. Turn cakes cut sides down.

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Serrated Knife

Cut cakes as shown in template. On tray, arrange cake pieces as shown in template, attaching pieces to each other and to tray with small amount of light brown frosting.

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Frosting

Spread thin layer of light brown frosting over entire cake to seal in crumbs. Refrigerate or freeze cake 30 to 60 minutes to set frosting.

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Frosting

Spread

Frost entire cake with light brown frosting. With pink frosting, pipe on blanket; spread with metal spatula to make smooth. With darker chocolate frosting, pipe number on blanket. Pipe on hooves; spread to make smooth. Pipe on mane and tail, leaving in long strands to look like hair. Attach mint for eye. Store loosely covered.

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Chocolate Frosting

Frosting

Spread

Mint