Rex the Dinosaur Cake

Name: Rex the Dinosaur Cake
Prep time: 4 h
Cook time: 4 h
Total time: 4 h
Yield: 15
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 box Betty Crocker® SuperMoist® devils food cake mix; 19 milk chocolate candy drops or pieces, unwrapped; 15 servings Betty Crocker® gel food color; 120 grams Betty Crocker® white decorating icing (from tube); 15 servings Assorted round chocolate candies (candy-coated chocolate candies, miniature candy-coated chocolate baking bits, coating wafers, chocolate chips); 2 containers Betty Crocker® Rich & Creamy vanilla frosting; 237 milliliters water

Rex the Dinosaur Cake might be just the dessert you are searching for. One portion of this dish contains approximately 3g of protein, 9g of fat, and Head to the store and pick up devil's food cake mix, water, decorating icing, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 4 hours.

Instructions

Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or nonstick pans). Spray bottoms and sides of two 8- or 9-inch round cake pans with baking spray with flour. Make and bake cake mix as directed on box, using 1 cup water, the oil and eggs. Cool 10 minutes.

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Baking Spray

Cake Mix

All Purpose Flour

Water

Egg

Cooking Oil

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Oven

Remove from pans to cooking racks. Cool completely, about 1 hour. Refrigerate or freeze 30 to 60 minutes for easier handling.

For body, cut 1-inch slice from edge of one cake. From cut edge, cut out small inverted U-shape piece.

Place body on tray. From remaining cake, cut head and tail. Arrange head and tail pieces next to body.

Spoon frosting into large bowl. Stir in enough food color until desired green color.

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Food Color

Frosting

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Bowl

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

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Frosting

Spread

Frost cake pieces with remaining frosting. Use milk chocolate candies for spikes along back of dinosaur. Decorate body with assorted candies. Use 2 candy-coated chocolate candies for eyes and white decorator icing to make centers of eyes and teeth. Store loosely covered.

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Candy

Frosting

Icing