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Party-Time Purse Cake

Having a tea party? Create a cake that will be the sweet hit.
Prep Time: 40 min
Total Time: 2 hours 45 min
Makes: 15 servings
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Cake
1box Betty Crocker® SuperMoist® white cake mix
Water, vegetable oil and egg whites called for on cake mix box
Frosting and Decorations
1 1/2containers (1 lb each) Betty Crocker® Rich & Creamy creamy white frosting
Blue paste food color
Decorating bag with tips
1plastic plate
Candy-coated chocolate candies
1or 2 large marshmallows
Betty Crocker® colored sugar
1.Heat oven to 350°F (or 325°F for dark or nonstick pan). Make and cool cake as directed on box for 13x9-inch pan.
2.Cut cake crosswise in half. On serving plate, place 1 cake piece; spread with 2 tablespoons white frosting from 1/2 container. Top with second cake piece. Stand cake pieces on end with cut sides down. Freeze 1 hour.
3.Stir food color into 1 container of frosting to tint light blue. Spread entire cake with light blue frosting.
4.Along front and top of cake, mark outline of an elongated V-shape with toothpick for purse flap. Stir food color into remaining 1/2 container of frosting to tint dark blue; frost purse flap with dark blue frosting. Place remaining dark blue frosting in decorating bag fitted with writing tips #7 or #8; pipe shell border along purse flap and edges of purse.
5.Cut rim from plastic plate; cut rim in half. Insert into top of cake for handle. Decorate purse with candies. Cut marshmallow with dampened kitchen scissors into slices; sprinkle with colored sugar. Arrange marshmallow slices on purse for clasp. Press candy onto center of clasp.
High Altitude (3500-6500 ft): Follow High Altitude directions on cake mix box for 13x9-inch pan.
Party-Time Purse Cake
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Special Touch
Choose from the many colorful candies available to decorate this adorable cake.

Nutrition Information:

1 Serving Frosted Cake (Undecorated): Calories 390 (Calories from Fat 160); Total Fat 18g (Saturated Fat 6g, Trans Fat 4g); Cholesterol 0mg; Sodium 350mg; Total Carbohydrate 53g (Dietary Fiber 0g, Sugars 40g); Protein 2Percent Daily Value*: Vitamin A 0%; Vitamin C 0%; Calcium 4%; Iron 4Exchanges: 1 Starch; 2 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Vegetable; 3 1/2 Fat Carbohydrate Choices: 3 1/2 
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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