Spiral Candle Cake

Prep Time: 20 Minutes • Start to Finish: 2 Hours 8 Minutes • 16 servings

Go ahead and celebrate! Dazzle birthday celebrants with a fun and clever candle decorating idea, not to mention a moist and delicious cake!

• 1 box Betty Crocker SuperMoist cake mix (any flavor)
• Water, vegetable oil and eggs called for on cake mix box
• Thin sparkler candles, 6½ x ⅛ inch
• Pencils
• 1 container (1 lb or 12 oz) Betty Crocker Rich & Creamy or Whipped frosting (any flavor)
• Flat mint or rainbow candy-coating wafers, as desired

1 Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or nonstick pans). Make, bake and cool cake as directed on box for 2 (8-inch or 9-inch) rounds.

2 While cake is cooling, place candles in warm water until soft and pliable; wrap each candle around pencil. Cool candles about 15 seconds; remove pencils.

3 Place 1 cake layer rounded side down on serving plate. Spread with about ⅓ cup of the frosting. Top with second layer, rounded side up. Frost side and top of cake with remaining frosting. Arrange candles and wafers on cake.

1 Serving: Calories 290; Total Fat 13g (Saturated Fat 3g, Trans Fat 1.5g); Cholesterol 40mg; Sodium 260mg; Total Carbohydrate 41g (Dietary Fiber 0g); Protein 1g Exchanges: ½ Starch, 2 Other Carbohydrate, 2½ Fat Carbohydrate Choices: 3

Tip The back of a tablespoon or serving spoon works well for swirling the frosting onto a cake.