Party-Time Purse Cake

 

1

box Betty Crocker® SuperMoist® white cake mix

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

1 1/2

containers Betty Crocker® Rich & Creamy creamy white frosting

Betty Crocker® blue gel food color

Decorating bag with tips

1

plastic plate

1

or 2 large marshmallows

Betty Crocker® colored sugar

Candy-coated chocolate candies

• 1 Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or nonstick pan). Make, bake 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 top 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 tip #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. Store loosely covered.