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Gingerbread Castle Cake

Transport kids to dreamland with a castle pan that takes the cake! Decorating is sweet and candy-simple.

Prep Time: 45 min
Total Time: 2 hours 35 min
Makes: 12 servings

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1	box Betty Crocker® SuperMoist® spice cake mix
1 1/4	cups water
1/3	cup vegetable oil
3	eggs
1	cup chocolate chips, melted
1/2	cup Betty Crocker® Rich & Creamy vanilla frosting
4	round peppermint candies
4	peppermint candy sticks
1/2	cup small gumdrops
3	spearmint gumdrop leaves
	Betty Crocker® candy sprinkles and holly decors, if desired
	Edible glitter, if desired

1.	Heat oven to 325°F. Generously grease Nordic Ware® Castle Bundt® cake pan with shortening and lightly flour, or spray pan with baking spray with flour.
2.	In large bowl, beat cake mix, water, oil and eggs with electric mixer on low speed 30 seconds. Beat on medium speed 2 minutes, scraping bowl occasionally. Pour batter into pan.
3.	Bake 35 to 40 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center of cake comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes. Turn pan upside down onto cooling rack; remove pan. Cool completely, about 1 hour.
4.	Place cake on 12- to 15-inch serving plate, tray or piece of cardboard covered with foil. Place melted chocolate chips in small resealable food-storage plastic bag; snip off tiny corner of bag. Pipe melted chocolate on cake to outline door and window panes.
5.	Using small amount of frosting, attach round candies to 4 candy sticks; let dry. Place remaining frosting in corner of small microwavable resealable food-storage plastic bag. Seal bag; microwave on High 10 seconds. Snip off tiny corner of bag. Pipe frosting to decorate roof, tops of towers and windows. Decorate top and sides of castle with gumdrops. Place candy sticks (topped with round candies) on top of each tower; drizzle tops with frosting if desired. Add 2 spearmint leaves to front entrance. Roll remaining spearmint leaf and shape into wreath shape; attach to door with small amount of frosting. Decorate wreath and entrance with candy sprinkles as desired. Sprinkle edible glitter around entire castle and over top of castle to look like snow.
High Altitude (3500-6500 ft): Bake 40 to 45 minutes.

Time Saver

Bake and freeze the cake before your big celebration. Tightly cover unfrosted cake and freeze for up to 2 months. Thaw and decorate the day before your celebration.

Substitution

Melted white candy coating is a fast-drying "glue" that can be used instead of the frosting to attach the candies and drizzle for decorating.

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