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Groovy Jeans Cake

Celebrate in style with a cake that's a snap to cut, assemble and decorate. Print out this template and use it as a guide to cutting and assembling your groovy jeans.
Prep Time: 35 min
Total Time: 3 hours 15 min
Makes: 12 servings
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How-To Make Groovy Jeans Cake

Celebrate in style with a cake that's a snap to cut, assemble and decorate. Print out this template and use it as a guide to cutting and assembling your groovy jeans.
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1box Betty Crocker® SuperMoist® cake mix (any flavor)
Water, vegetable oil and eggs called for on cake mix box
Tray or cardboard, 15 x 12 inches, covered
2 1/2cups Betty Crocker® Rich & Creamy vanilla frosting (from two 1-lb containers)
Blue paste food color
1roll Betty Crocker® Fruit by the Foot® Berry Tie-Dye® chewy fruit snack (from 4.5-oz box)
Assorted decorations (licorice pieces, candy decors, yellow shot, candy-coated almonds)
1.Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or nonstick pan). Grease bottom and sides of 13x9-inch pan and lightly flour, or spray with baking spray with flour. Make cake as directed on box, using water, oil and eggs. Pour into pan. Bake as directed on box. Cool 10 minutes; remove from pan to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 1 hour.
2.Use toothpicks to mark sections of cake to be cut (see diagram). Use serrated knife to cut cake into sections.
3.On tray, place largest piece. Place 1 1/2-inch strip of cake along top edge of jeans; cut off excess. Place triangles along outer edges of legs. Cover; freeze 1 hour or until firm.
4.Tint frosting with blue food color. Remove cake from freezer; frost sides and top of cake. Use fork or decorating comb to create fabric texture.
5.To decorate cake, cut fruit snack into 8-inch length and 6-inch length. Place fruit snack on top edge of cake, overlapping in center, for belt. Decorate as desired with candies. Store loosely covered at room temperature.
High Altitude (3500-6500 ft): Follow High Altitude directions on box for 13x9-inch pan.
Groovy Jeans Cake
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If the center of your cake is a lot higher than the sides, carefully level it off with a serrated knife so it's all the same height.
Purchasing
Specialty candy stores may sell button-shaped candies for decorating this cake.
Cutting and Assembling Cake
1. Cut cake into pieces. 2. Arrange pieces on tray to form jeans.
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Nutrition Information:

1 Serving: Calories 500 (Calories from Fat 200); Total Fat 23g (Saturated Fat 6g, Trans Fat 5g); Cholesterol 55mg; Sodium 430mg; Total Carbohydrate 72g (Dietary Fiber 0g, Sugars 53g); Protein 3Percent Daily Value*: Vitamin A 0%; Vitamin C 0%; Calcium 6%; Iron 4Exchanges: 1/2 Starch; 4 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Vegetable; 4 1/2 Fat Carbohydrate Choices: 5 
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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