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Sailboat Cake

Set sail on a journey to a delicious dessert. Cut and frost an ordinary 13x9-inch cake into a dessert fit for a captain.

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Prep Time 40 min
Total Time 3 hr 30 min
Servings 14

Ingredients

1: box Betty Crocker® SuperMoist® yellow cake mix

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

2: containers Betty Crocker® Rich & Creamy vanilla frosting

: Yellow or brown food color

: Tray or cardboard (20x18 inches), covered with wrapping paper and plastic food wrap or foil

2: pull-and-peel cherry licorice twists (from 14-oz package)

1: roll Betty Crocker® Fruit Roll-Ups® chewy fruit snack (from 5-oz box)

: Ring-shaped hard candies and assorted candies for decorating

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Directions

1 Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or nonstick pans). Grease bottom and sides of 13x9-inch pan or spray with baking spray with flour. Make and bake cake mix as directed on box for 13x9-inch pan. Cool 10 minutes; remove from pan to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 1 hour. Refrigerate or freeze cake about 1 hour or until firm.
2 Cut cake as shown in diagram. Arrange pieces to form sailboat on tray. Tint 1 1/3 cups frosting with yellow or brown food color for hull. Spread a thin layer of white frosting over top and sides of sails, and a thin layer of tinted frosting over top and sides of hull, to seal in crumbs. Refrigerate or freeze cake 30 to 60 minutes to set frosting.
3 Frost entire cake with remaining frosting. Cut licorice pieces to desired length for the mast; place near the edge of the longest sail. To create the top flag, spread a thin layer of frosting on a small piece of aluminum foil. Unroll and remove wrapper from fruit snack roll; press onto frosting-coated foil. Using kitchen scissors, cut into flag shape. Secure flag to mast with a small amount of frosting. Use candy for portholes, or decorate as desired. Store loosely covered.

EXPERT TIPS

Expert Tips

Purchase nautical theme wrapping paper to cover a large tray or piece of sturdy cardboard. Then cover the entire tray in plastic food storage wrap, securing it to cardboard back with tape. This makes an attractive display for your sailboat cake.

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Nutrition Information

NUTRITION INFORMATION PER SERVING

Serving Size: 1 Serving (Cake and Frosting Only)

Calories: 460
Calories from Fat: 170),

% Daily Value

Total Fat: 19g; 19%
(Saturated Fat 4g, 4% Trans Fat 4g 4% ),
Cholesterol: 45mg; 45%;
Sodium: 370mg; 370%;
Total Carbohydrate: 69g; 69%
(Dietary Fiber 0g 0% Sugars 49g 49% ),
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:

4 1/2

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

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Posted 11/28/2011 10:36:17 PM REPORT ABUSE baker_grl88 said:

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Don't use the cans of frosting for this cake... i had crumbs everywhere (even though I chilled it beforehand). But, it tasted great!!

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Posted 7/29/2009 8:55:40 PM REPORT ABUSE SJ1966 said:

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I made this cake for my husband's 37th birthday. He loved it, and it was so easy to make!

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Posted 10/3/2007 10:04:24 AM REPORT ABUSE dawn52us said:

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I made this cake for my boyfriends Birthdy he is 59.he loved it, as he has been a sailor for the past 30 years,it was so easy to do I made it look the same as his boat (O''day 272)

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