Baby's Booties

Easy-mix cupcakes are hiding behind cute-as-a-baby booties! Containers of frosting smooth out the finishing touches for a sweet baby dessert.

Prep Time: 25 min
Total Time: 1 hour 50 min
Makes: 16 booties (2 dozen cupcakes)

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1	box Betty Crocker® SuperMoist® cake mix (any non-swirl flavor)
	Water, vegetable oil and eggs called for on cake mix box
2	containers Betty Crocker® Rich & Creamy or Whipped vanilla frosting
	Miniature marshmallows
	Gumdrops

1.	Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or nonstick pans). Make and cool cake as directed on box for 24 cupcakes.
2.	Remove paper baking cups. Place 2 cupcakes upside down on separate plates. Cut small piece off side of a third cupcake to make a flat surface. Cut third cupcake horizontally in half. Place one half with cut side against cupcake on plate as shown in diagram. Place other half against second cupcake. Repeat with remaining cupcakes.
3.	Frost cupcake booties, attaching toe piece to cupcake with frosting. Decorate booties with marshmallows and bow shapes cut from gumdrops rolled with a rolling pin. Store loosely covered at room temperature.
High Altitude (3500-6500 ft): Follow High Altitude cake mix directions for cupcakes.

Special Touch

Create bootie colors of your choice by stirring drops of food color into frosting.

Nutrition Information:

1 Bootie (Cake and Frosting Only): Calories 440 (Calories from Fat 180); Total Fat 20g (Saturated Fat 6g, Trans Fat 5g); Cholesterol 40mg; Sodium 360mg; Total Carbohydrate 62g (Dietary Fiber 0g, Sugars 48g); Protein 2g Percent Daily Value*: Vitamin A 0%; Vitamin C 0%; Calcium 6%; Iron 4% Exchanges: 1 Starch; 3 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Vegetable; 4 Fat Carbohydrate Choices: 4
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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