Ladybug Cake

 

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box Betty Crocker® SuperMoist® yellow or white cake mix

Water, vegetable oil and eggs or egg whites called for on cake mix box

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container Betty Crocker® Whipped fluffy white frosting

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chocolate wafer cookies

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large red gumdrop

Red and black shoestring licorice

Red sugar

Large black gumdrops

• 1 Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or nonstick pan). Generously grease 1 1/2-quart round casserole or heatproof bowl and bottom only of 8x4-inch loaf pan, or spray with baking spray with flour.
• 2 Make cake batter as directed on cake mix box. Pour half of the batter into casserole; pour remaining batter into loaf pan.
• 3 Bake 36 to 44 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes. Run knife around sides of casserole and loaf pan to loosen cakes; remove from casserole and pan to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 1 hour. Wrap and freeze loaf cake for another use.
• 4 Place cake, rounded side up, on serving plate. Frost with frosting. Make face on side of cake, using cookies for eyes, red gumdrop slice for nose, red shoestring licorice for mouth and black shoestring licorice for eyebrows and antennae. Sprinkle red sugar over cake to within 2 inches from curved edge of face. Place black gumdrop slices on cake for spots. Store loosely covered.