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Building Blocks Cake

By: Betty Crocker®

"Building a birthday cake is fun and easy thanks to cake mix, ready-to-spread frosting and marshmallows."

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Prep Time:
35 Min

Ready In:
2 Hrs 55 Min

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Original Recipe Yield 12 servings

Ingredients

1 (18.25 ounce) box Betty Crocker® SuperMoist® cake mix (any flavor)
1 1/4 cups water
1/3 cup vegetable oil
3 eggs
Tray or cardboard, 15x12 inches, covered
2 (16 ounce) tubs Betty Crocker® Rich and Creamy vanilla frosting
Red, yellow and blue paste food colors
12 large marshmallows, cut in half crosswise

Directions

Heat oven to 350 degrees F (325 degrees F for dark or nonstick pan.) Grease bottom and sides of 13x9-inch pan with shortening and lightly flour, or spray with baking spray with flour. Make cake mix as directed on box, using water, oil and eggs. Pour into pan.
Bake as directed on box for 13x9-inch pan. Cool 10 minutes; remove from pan to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 1 hour.
Using serrated knife, cut cake crosswise into thirds. Cut one of the thirds in half crosswise to make 2 squares. On tray, place cake pieces. Cover; freeze 1 hour or until firm.
In small bowl for each color, tint 1 cup frosting red, 1 cup frosting yellow and 2/3 cup frosting blue with food colors. Leave remaining frosting white.
Frost top and sides of 1 square cake with blue frosting. Frost 4 marshmallow halves with blue frosting; place in square design on cake. Frost remaining square cake and 4 marshmallow halves with white frosting; arrange marshmallows on top of cake. Frost 1 rectangular section of cake and 8 marshmallow halves with yellow frosting; arrange marshmallows on top of cake. Frost remaining section of cake and remaining marshmallows with red frosting; arrange marshmallows on top of cake. Store loosely covered at room temperature.

Footnotes

Cutting Cake: Cut cake to form blocks. Print out this template and use it as a guide to cutting and assembling your building block cake.
High Altitude (3500-6500 ft): Follow High Altitude cake mix directions on box for 13x9-inch pan.
How To: Work with one piece of cake at a time, keeping others in the freezer. As the cake thaws, it's more likely to pick up crumbs as you frost.
How To: Place marshmallow halves on toothpicks to frost.

Nutritional Information

Amount Per Serving Calories: 586 | Total Fat: 23.4g | Cholesterol: 53mg Powered by ESHA Nutrient Database

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