| 1 | box Betty Crocker® SuperMoist® yellow cake mix |
| Water, vegetable oil and eggs called for on cake mix box |
| 2 | containers (1 lb each) Betty Crocker® Rich & Creamy vanilla frosting |
| Red, yellow and blue gel or paste food colors |
| Tray or cardboard, 15x12 inches, covered |
| 12 | large marshmallows, cut in half crosswise |
Serve with...
Strawberry Coolers
Total Time:
4 hours 10 min
| 1. | Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or nonstick pan.) Grease bottom and sides of 13x9-inch pan with shortening or cooking spray. Make cake mix as directed on box, using water, oil and eggs. Pour into pan. |
| 2. | Bake as directed on box for 13x9-inch pan. Cool 10 minutes; remove from pan to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 1 hour. Refrigerate or freeze cake 1 hour until firm. |
| 3. | Meanwhile, 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. |
| 4. | Using serrated knife, cut rounded dome from top of cake to make flat surface; place cake cut side down. Cut cake crosswise into thirds. Cut one of the thirds in half crosswise to make 2 squares. Place cake pieces on tray. |
| 5. | "Crumb-coat" top and sides of 1 square cake with thin layer of blue frosting and 1 square cake with thin layer of white frosting. Crumb-coat 1 rectangular cake with thin layer of yellow frosting and 1 rectangular cake with thin layer of red frosting. Refrigerate or freeze 30 to 60 minutes until set. |
| 6. | Add final coat of frosting to each cake. Frost 4 marshmallow halves with blue frosting; place in square design on blue cake. Frost 4 marshmallow halves with white frosting; place in square design on white cake. Frost 8 marshmallow halves with yellow frosting; place on yellow cake. Frost 8 marshmallow halves with red frosting; place on red cake. Store loosely covered at room temperature. |
| Follow High Altitude cake mix directions on box for 13x9-inch pan. |
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| Use scissors to cut marshmallows. Spray blades of scissors with cooking spray to keep them from getting sticky. |
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| Stick fork in side of marshmallow halves to hold while frosting. Use metal spatula or knife to slide marshmallow from fork onto cake. Smooth frosting on marshmallow with spatula. |
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| Cut cake to form blocks. |
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Nutrition Information:
610 ( 240); 27g ( 7g, 7g); 55mg; 480mg; 89g ( 0g, 68g); 3g 0%; 0%; 6%; 4% 1/2 ; 5 1/2 ; 0 ; 5 1/2 6