Monster Cake

Prep Time: 45 Minutes • Start to Finish: 2 Hours • 12 servings

Enjoy this creatively decorated monster cake—change colors and candy as desired to suit your party theme.

• 1 box Betty Crocker SuperMoist chocolate fudge cake mix
• Water, vegetable oil and eggs called for on cake mix box
• 1 container (1 lb) Betty Crocker Rich & Creamy creamy white frosting
• Black food color
• Neon green food color
• Black decorating icing (from 4.25-oz tube)
• 2 pieces black string licorice (5 to 6 inch)

1 Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or nonstick pan). Make and bake cake as directed on box for 13 x 9-inch pan. Cool 10 minutes; remove from pan to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 1 hour.

2 Place cake bottom side up on large platter or foil-covered cookie sheet. Remove 2 tablespoons of white frosting from container; set aside. Remove one-third of the frosting (about ½ cup) to small bowl. Tint black; set aside. Tint remaining frosting neon green. Frost sides and top of cake with neon green frosting.

3 Using photo as a guide, use decorating icing with a round tip to outline hair. Add licorice pieces for eyebrows. Use reserved white frosting to form eyes. Use icing to outline remaining facial features. Spread black frosting within the outlines to fill in the hair. Store loosely covered.

1 Serving: Calories 380; Total Fat 17g (Saturated Fat 3.5g, Trans Fat 2g); Cholesterol 55mg; Sodium 410mg; Total Carbohydrate 54g (Dietary Fiber 0g); Protein 3g Exchanges: 1 Starch, 2½ Other Carbohydrate, 3½ Fat Carbohydrate Choices: 3½

Tip Create an attractive display by covering a piece of sturdy cardboard with wrapping paper, then plastic food wrap. Stretch and secure it with tape. Or cover the cardboard with foil or cooking parchment paper.