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Little Car Cakes

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Prep Time 30 min
Total Time 2 hr 10 min
Servings 12

Ingredients

1: box Betty Crocker® SuperMoist® yellow cake mix

: Water, vegetable oil and eggs called for on cake mix box

: Large tray or cardboard covered with wrapping paper and plastic food wrap or foil

2: containers Betty Crocker® Rich & Creamy vanilla frosting

: Blue, red, green and yellow food colors

: Red or black string licorice

8: yellow round starlight candies

10: creme-filled chocolate sandwich cookies

1: red or orange gumdrop

2: birthday cake candles

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Directions

1 Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or nonstick pans). Grease bottoms only of three 8x4-inch loaf pans, or spray bottoms with cooking spray.
2 Make cake batter as directed on cake mix box. Divide batter evenly among pans.
3 Bake 25 to 32 minutes (28 to 37 minutes for dark or nonstick pans) or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes. Run knife around sides of pans to loosen cakes; remove from pans to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 1 hour. Freeze cakes uncovered about 1 hour for easier frosting.
4 Remove 1/4 cup frosting from each container; set aside. To make purple frosting, stir 8 drops blue food color and 8 drops red food color into 1 container frosting. To make bright green frosting, stir 3 drops green food color and 3 drops yellow food color into other container frosting.
5 Place 2 loaves, rounded sides down, on tray. To seal in crumbs, frost one with a thin layer of purple frosting; frost the other with a thin layer of green frosting. Cut remaining loaf crosswise in half; taper the cut edges slightly to form windshields. Place one half on each cake for cab, placing about 3 inches from front edge and with tapered windshield side toward front of car. Frost windows of cabs with a thin layer of reserved vanilla frosting; frost top and edges with a thin layer of colored frosting. Refrigerate or freeze cakes 30 to 60 minutes to set frosting. Frost entire cars with same colors.
6 Use licorice to outline windows and make bumpers. Add starlight candies for headlights and taillights; add cookies for wheels and the spares. Place gumdrop on top of 1 car for beacon and add candles for radio antennas. Store loosely covered.

EXPERT TIPS

Expert Tips

Create an attractive display by covering a piece of sturdy cardboard with wrapping paper, then plastic food wrap. Stretch and secure with tape. Or cover cardboard with foil or cooking parchment paper.

Place loaves rounded sides down on tray, cutting third loaf in half. Taper each half piece and place on top of each whole loaf.

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Nutrition Information

NUTRITION INFORMATION PER SERVING

Serving Size: 1 Serving

Calories: 530
Calories from Fat: 200),

% Daily Value

Total Fat: 22g; 22%
(Saturated Fat 5g, 5% Trans Fat 4 1/2g 4 1/2% ),
Cholesterol: 55mg; 55%;
Sodium: 430mg; 430%;
Total Carbohydrate: 80g; 80%
(Dietary Fiber 0g 0% Sugars 57g 57% ),
Protein: 2g; 2%

% Daily Value*:

Vitamin A: 0%;
Vitamin C: 0%;
Calcium: 8%;
Iron: 4%;

Exchanges:

1/2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 5 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 4 1/2 Fat;

Carbohydrate Choices:

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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Posted 11/2/2012 9:09:38 PM REPORT ABUSE annabel999 said:

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this cake is really really terible! i cant explain it!

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Posted 9/16/2011 3:05:19 PM REPORT ABUSE lildubmama said:

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I was worried I wouldn't be able to execute this but I followed the directions and everything went great. Using two boxes of cake mix, I made three cars and one mini car (using two mini loaf pans) so my son could have his own smash cake. So very cute and lots of fun to make. I would suggest using a bread knife or piece of thread to shave off a little bit of the top of your cake loaf if it is too rounded. My were a bit wobbly so I cut a little bit off the curved top before assembling. This made the car a bit more stable. I also piped chocolate frosting around the windows instead of using licorice to outline.

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Posted 5/6/2011 2:04:13 PM REPORT ABUSE trishanurse said:

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i just made the little cakes i used 2 boxes of cake mix and they turned out great and were so easy to make i use frosting in a bagie for the lining around the windows my 3 yr old grandson was in love with them

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