Prep Time: 30 Minutes • Start to Finish: 1 Hour 45 Minutes • 12 servings
Stack up some delicious fun with a birthday cake that’s super easy to make. And because part of it is cupcakes, it’s extra fun to eat!
1 Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or nonstick pans). Grease and flour bottom and side of 9-inch round cake pan, or spray with baking spray with flour. Place paper baking cup in each of 12 regular-size muffin cups.
2 Make cake batter as directed on box. Pour half of batter in round pan; divide remaining batter evenly among muffin cups. Bake as directed on box. Cool completely, about 1 hour.
3 In small bowl, place 1 tablespoon of the frosting; stir in 2 drops yellow food color. In another small bowl, place ¼ cup of the frosting, 3 drops yellow food color and 1 drop red food color; stir to make orange frosting. In third small bowl, place ½ cup of the frosting; stir in 7 drops blue neon food color. To remaining frosting in container, stir in 7 drops green neon food color.
4 Trim off rounded top of cake layer; place on serving plate cut side down. Frost top and side with green frosting. Frost 7 cupcakes with blue frosting, 4 cupcakes with orange frosting and 1 cupcake with yellow frosting. Place 1 blue cupcake on center of green frosted cake. Place remaining blue cupcakes, sides touching, in circle around center cupcake. Place 2 rows of 2 orange cupcakes on top center of blue cupcakes. Place yellow cupcake on top center of orange cupcakes. Press candies into frosting to decorate. Store loosely covered at room temperature.
1 Serving: Calories 420; Total Fat 18g (Saturated Fat 4.5g, Trans Fat 2g); Cholesterol 55mg; Sodium 310mg; Total Carbohydrate 61g (Dietary Fiber 0g); Protein 2g Exchanges: 1 Starch, 3 Other Carbohydrate, 3½ Fat Carbohydrate Choices: 4
Tip You can freeze the unfrosted cake and cupcakes (tightly covered) for up to 2 months.