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Simple Gum Drop Flower Cake

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  • Prep 45 min
  • Total 2 hr 25 min
  • Servings 12
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Gum drops make the petals of this incredibly easy flower cake. Use a rolling pin to roll the gum drops into petal shapes!
Updated Jul 8, 2014
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Ingredients

Steps

  • 1
    Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or nonstick pans). Grease bottoms and sides of 2 (8-inch) round cake pans with shortening or cooking spray.
  • 2
    Make and bake cake mix as directed on box for 8-inch rounds. Cool 10 minutes; remove from pans to cooling racks. Cool completely, about 1 hour. For easier handling, refrigerate or freeze cakes 30 minutes to 1 hour or until firm.
  • 3
    On serving plate, place 1 cake layer, rounded side down. Spread with 1/2 cup of the frosting. Top with second cake layer, rounded side up. Frost top and sides of cake with remaining frosting.
  • 4
    On sugared surface, use rolling pin to roll gumdrops into oval shapes.
  • 5
    Place 23 gumdrop ovals around the edge of the top of the cake, overlapping slightly. Create a second circle inside the first circle using 15 gumdrops. Repeat once more in the center of the cake with the remaining 7 gumdrops. Place a miniature marshmallow in the center of the cake to form the center of the flower.

Tips from the Betty Crocker Kitchens

  • tip 1
    Make gum drop flower cupcakes; prepare cake according to package directions for cupcakes. Frost cupcakes and arrange gumdrops in a single layer on the top of the cupcakes.

Nutrition

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