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Inchworm Cake

Inch your way into a fun celebration with an easy-to-make and fun-to-eat cake!
Prep Time: 30 min
Total Time: 2 hours 28 min
Makes: 16 servings
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How-To Make Inchworm Cake

Inch your way into a fun celebration with an easy-to-make and fun-to-eat cake!

1box Betty Crocker® SuperMoist® cake mix (any flavor)
Water, vegetable oil and eggs called for on cake mix box
8drops green food color
1 1/2containers Betty Crocker® Rich & Creamy vanilla frosting
Tray or cardboard, 19x14 inches, covered with foil
5candy-coated chocolate candies
2vanilla wafer cookies
2small pretzel sticks
24gumdrops
1.Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or nonstick pan). Bake and cool cake as directed on box for 12-cup fluted tube cake pan.
2.Cut cake as shown in diagram A. Freeze pieces uncovered 1 hour for easier frosting. Stir food color into frosting. Arrange cake pieces on tray to form inchworm as shown in diagram B. Frost cake, attaching pieces with frosting.
3.Attach 1 chocolate candy to each vanilla wafer with frosting; attach to end of cake for eyes. Press 3 candies into frosting for mouth. Gently push 1 pretzel stick into flat end of gumdrop; repeat. Insert pretzels stick into cake for antennae. Arrange remaining gumdrops along edge for feet. Store loosely covered.
High Altitude (3500-6500 ft): Follow High Altitude cake mix directions for 12-cup fluted tube cake pan.
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Nutrition Information:

1 Serving: Calories 400 (Calories from Fat 160); Total Fat 17g (Saturated Fat 4 1/2g, Trans Fat 4g); Cholesterol 40mg; Sodium 330mg; Total Carbohydrate 60g (Dietary Fiber 0g, Sugars 43g); Protein 2Percent Daily Value*: Vitamin A 0%; Vitamin C 0%; Calcium 6%; Iron 4Exchanges: 1 Starch; 3 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Vegetable; 3 Fat Carbohydrate Choices: 4 
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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