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Robot Cake

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Create a fun cake that's all decked out with Fruit by the Foot® snack and a delightful assortment of kids' candies. Print out this template and use it as a guide to cutting and assembling your robot.

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Prep Time 1 hr 45 min
Total Time 3 hr 45 min
Servings 12

Ingredients

Cake

1: box Betty Crocker® SuperMoist® yellow cake mix

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

: Tray or cardboard (20x15 inches), covered with wrapping paper and plastic food wrap or foil

Frosting and Decorations

1 1/2: containers Betty Crocker® Rich & Creamy vanilla frosting

: Black food color

: Blue food color

2: colorful licorice twists (7 inch)

2: large black gumdrops

2: soft fruit ring candies

2: blue candy-coated chocolate candies

3: pull-apart red (cherry) licorice twists

20: candy-coated chocolate candies (any color)

1: roll Betty Crocker® Fruit by the Foot® chewy fruit snack (any variety from 4.5-oz box)

6: thin chocolate wafer cookies

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Directions

1 Heat oven to 350ºF (325ºF for dark or nonstick pan). Grease or spray bottom and sides of 13x9-inch pan. Make and bake cake as directed on box for 13x9-inch pan. Cool 10 minutes; remove cake from pan to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 1 hour. Refrigerate or freeze cake 1 hour until firm.
2 Tint frosting with black and blue food colors to make desired gray color. Using serrated knife, cut rounded top off cake to level surface; place cake cut side down. Cut cake as shown in template. On tray, arrange cake pieces as shown in template, attaching to tray with small amount of frosting. Spread thin layer of frosting over top and sides to seal in crumbs. Refrigerate or freeze cake 30 to 60 minutes to set frosting.
3 Frost entire cake with remaining frosting. Cut 1 colorful licorice twist into 2 (1-inch) pieces. Carefully insert licorice pieces between head and body.
4 Cut remaining colorful licorice twist in half. Using scissors, make several cuts in 1 end of each licorice piece to form antennae. Insert licorice pieces, antennae ends up, in top of head. Insert gumdrops into sides of head for ears. Arrange fruit rings on head for eyes; use 2 blue candy-coated chocolate candies for pupils. Separate 1 pull-apart red licorice twist into single strands. Trim 1 strand to 3 inches; place on head for mouth. Use remaining strands to decorate base of robot as desired, trimming to fit.
5 Tie a knot in each remaining pull-apart red licorice twist. Insert knotted licorice twists in each side of body for arms. To decorate robot body, arrange 20 candy-coated chocolate candies in desired pattern on body. Use fruit snack to form border around candy design, trimming to fit. For wheels, insert chocolate wafer cookies in base of cake. 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.

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Nutrition Information

NUTRITION INFORMATION PER SERVING

Serving Size: 1 Serving (Cake and Frosting Only)

Calories: 430
Calories from Fat: 170),

% Daily Value

Total Fat: 19g; 19%
(Saturated Fat 4g, 4% Trans Fat 3 1/2g 3 1/2% ),
Cholesterol: 50mg; 50%;
Sodium: 360mg; 360%;
Total Carbohydrate: 65g; 65%
(Dietary Fiber 0g 0% Sugars 45g 45% ),
Protein: 2g; 2%

% Daily Value*:

Vitamin A: 0%;
Vitamin C: 0%;
Calcium: 6%;
Iron: 4%;

Exchanges:

1 Starch; 0 Fruit; 3 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 3 1/2 Fat;

Carbohydrate Choices:

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

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Posted 7/1/2010 4:38:54 PM REPORT ABUSE Momma_E said:

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I made this cake for my son's second birthday, but instead i made it a two layer cake because we were expecting a lot of people. This cake turned out great. We changed some colors and used kebler fudge cookies for the wheels. All the little kids enjoyed taking all the candy off the cake.

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Posted 6/23/2010 11:34:59 PM REPORT ABUSE FRAMPTONGAL said:

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This is a fun cake to make. We made it our own. Oreo cookies make a good substitute for the "wheels". It's fun to find different candies. We made ours Terminator-like by giving it a red eye :). We also placed "minions" (aka gummy bears) around to work on the robot.

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