Striped Mini Smash Cake

Name: Striped Mini Smash Cake
Prep time: 2 h
Cook time: 2 h
Total time: 2 h
Yield: 20
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 container Betty Crocker® Whipped fluffy white frosting; 20 servings Orange food color; 20 servings Orange coarse decorating sugar; 1 box Betty Crocker® SuperMoist® cake mix (any flavor*)

Striped Mini Smash Cake

Striped Mini Smash Cake might be just the dessert you are searching for. One serving contains 239 calories, 1g of protein, and 5g of fat. This recipe covers 2% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 20. It is a good option if you're following a dairy free diet. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 2 hours. If you have whipped fluffy frosting, orange food color, orange coarse decorating sugar, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it.

Instructions

Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or nonstick pans). Grease bottom only of 8x4-inch loaf pan with shortening or cooking spray, and place paper baking cup in each of 12 regular-size muffin cups.

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Cooking Spray

Shortening

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Muffin Liners

Loaf Pan

Oven

In large bowl, beat cake mix, water, oil and eggs with electric mixer on low speed 30 seconds. Beat on medium speed 2 minutes, scraping bowl occasionally until smooth.

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Cake Mix

Water

Egg

Cooking Oil

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Hand Mixer

Bowl

Place 1 3/4 cups batter into loaf pan. Spoon remaining batter into muffin cups.

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Muffin Liners

Loaf Pan

Bake loaf cake 35 to 40 minutes and cupcakes 18 to 23 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center of cake comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes; remove from pans to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 30 minutes. For easier handling, refrigerate or freeze loaf cake 30 to 60 minutes or until firm.

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Cupcakes

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Wire Rack

Toothpicks

Oven

Stir frosting and food color together to desired light orange color. Trim rounded top off loaf cake. Using 3-inch biscuit cutter, cut 2 rounds from loaf cake.

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Food Color

Frosting

Biscuits

Orange

Place one round cake cut side up on plate.

Spread cut side with colored frosting. Top with remaining round cake, cut side down.

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Frosting

Spread

Frost side and top of cake with colored frosting. Stir together 2 tablespoons light orange frosting and additional orange food color to deep orange color. Spoon frosting into decorating bag fitted with small round tip; set aside.

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Orange Food Color

Frosting

Orange

Cut 1/4-inch strips waxed or cooking parchment paper 4 inches long. Arrange paper strips on top of cake spaced about 1/4 inch apart. Top cake with decorating sugar. Press sugar gently into cake. Gently remove paper strips, and smooth frosting if needed. Pipe deep orange frosting dots along base of cake. Use remaining frosting to frost cupcakes.

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Sugar