Watermelon Cake

Name: Watermelon Cake
Prep time: 50 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 59 milliliters canola oil; 12 servings Chocolate chips; 473 milliliters prepared vanilla or cream cheese frosting, divided; 2 eggs; 12 servings Red and green gel food coloring; 85 grams package watermelon gelatin; 237 milliliters water; 1 package white cake mix (regular size)

Watermelon Cake might be just the dessert you are searching for. This dairy free recipe serves 12. One portion of this dish contains about 9g of protein, 17g of fat, and a total of 476 calories. Summer will be even more special with this recipe. If you have watermelon gelatin, chocolate chips, eggs, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 50 minutes.

Instructions

In a large bowl, combine the cake mix, gelatin, water, eggs and oil; beat on low speed for 30 seconds. Beat on medium for 2 minutes.

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Cake Mix

Gelatin

Water

Egg

Cooking Oil

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Bowl

Pour into two greased and floured 9-in. round baking pans.

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Baking Pan

Bake at 350° for 30-35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely.

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Toothpicks

Oven

Set aside 2 tablespoons frosting for decorating.

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Frosting

Place 1-1/4 cups frosting in a bowl; tint red. Tint remaining frosting green.

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Frosting

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Bowl

Place one cake layer on a serving plate; spread with 1/2 cup red frosting to within 1/4 in. of edges. Top with second cake. Frost top with remaining red frosting to within 3/4 in. of edges. Frost sides and top edge of cake with green frosting.

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Frosting

Spread

Cut a 1/4-in. hole in the corner of pastry or plastic bag. Fill the bag with reserved white frosting. Pipe around top edge of cake where green and pink frostings meet. For seeds, insert chocolate chips upside down into cake top.

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Chocolate Chips