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| 1 | box Betty Crocker® SuperMoist® white cake mix |
| Water, vegetable oil and egg whites called for on cake mix box |
| 2 | teaspoons almond extract |
| 6 | drops red food color |
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| 4 | oz vanilla-flavored candy coating (almond bark), chopped |
| 2 | teaspoons vegetable oil |
| Red food color |
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| 1/2 | cup butter or margarine, softened |
| 1/4 | cup shortening |
| 1 | teaspoon almond extract |
| 4 | cups powdered sugar |
| 4 | to 5 tablespoons milk |
| 1. | Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or nonstick pan). Spray bottom and sides of 2 (9- or 8-inch) round cake pans with baking spray with flour. In large bowl, beat cake ingredients, including 2 teaspoons almond extract and 6 drops food color, as directed on box. Pour into pans. |
| 2. | Bake as directed on box for 9- or 8-inch rounds pans or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pans 10 minutes. Remove from pans to cooling racks. Cool completely, about 1 hour. |
| 3. | Meanwhile, in small microwavable bowl, microwave candy coating uncovered on High 1 minute, stirring twice, until melted and smooth. Stir in 2 teaspoons oil. Spoon about half the melted coating into another bowl; stir in 2 or 3 drops food color to tint it light pink. |
| 4. | Line 6-ounce custard cup or other small bowl with foil. Pour half of the untinted coating into foil-lined bowl. Drop half of the pink coating on top; pull a knife through coatings to make marbled design. Repeat with remaining untinted and tinted coatings, adding on top of marbled coatings. Refrigerate about 20 minutes or until set; remove from refrigerator. (If refrigerated longer, let stand at room temperature 10 minutes to soften.) |
| 5. | In large bowl, beat butter, shortening, 1 teaspoon almond extract, the powdered sugar and 4 tablespoons of the milk with electric mixer on low speed until well blended. Beat on medium speed, adding enough of the remaining 1 tablespoon milk until fluffy and spreadable. |
| 6. | Place 1 cake layer, rounded side down, on serving plate; frost top. Top with second layer, rounded side up. Frost side and top of cake. |
| 7. | Remove coating from bowl; peel off foil. With vegetable peeler, make curls by pulling peeler around the outside edge of block of coating. Place curls on top of cake. |
| Follow High Altitude directions on cake mix box for 2 (9- or 8-inch) round cake pans. |
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| Stir a teaspoon of almond extract into a container of Betty Crocker® Whipped fluffy white frosting for a fast and delicious frosting. |
Nutrition Information:
570 ( 230); 26g ( 10g, 2g); 20mg; 370mg; 79g ( 0g, 63g); 4g 4%; 0%; 6%; 4% 1 ; 4 ; 0 ; 5 5