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Spaceship Cake

Delight your astronaut "want-to-be" with an ordinary 13x9-inch yellow cake that blasts off into this extraordinary fun spaceship cake.

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Prep Time 60 min
Total Time 3 hr 15 min
Servings 12

Ingredients

1: box Betty Crocker® SuperMoist® yellow cake mix

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

: Tray or cardboard (17x12 inches), covered with wrapping paper and plastic food wrap or foil

2: containers Betty Crocker® Rich & Creamy vanilla frosting

1: roll Betty Crocker® Fruit Roll-Ups® strawberry chewy fruit snack rolls

1: tube (0.68 oz) Betty Crocker® black decorating gel

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Directions

1 Heat oven to 350°F (325°F 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 about 1 hour or until firm.
2 Using serrated knife, cut rounded dome from top of cake to make flat surface; place cake cut side down. Cut cake as shown in diagram.
3 Place cake piece 1 on tray. Arrange pieces 2, 3 and 4 as shown in diagram, trimming to fit, standing up piece 3 for top fin. Trim point of piece 2 for nose of ship. Attach each piece with a small amount of frosting.
4 Spread thin layer of frosting on cake to seal in crumbs. Freeze 30 to 45 minutes to set frosting. Frost cake with remaining frosting. Let frosting set a few minutes. Carefully cover with paper towel and gently pat to give a fabric-like appearance; remove towel. Use fruit snack for strips as shown in photograph. Outline as desired with decorating gel. Store loosely covered.

EXPERT TIPS

Expert Tips

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

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Place strips of waxed paper under corners of unfrosted cake pieces. After frosting, just remove waxed paper strips. No cleanup required!

Check out the video for the Space Shuttle Cake. You'll find great tips for this cake's assembly and frosting. Then decorate the cake as shown in this photograph.

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Nutrition Information

NUTRITION INFORMATION PER SERVING

Serving Size: 1 Serving

Calories: 510
Calories from Fat: 210),

% Daily Value

Total Fat: 23g; 23%
(Saturated Fat 6g, 6% Trans Fat 5g 5% ),
Cholesterol: 55mg; 55%;
Sodium: 440mg; 440%;
Total Carbohydrate: 73g; 73%
(Dietary Fiber 0g 0% Sugars 54g 54% ),
Protein: 3g; 3%

% Daily Value*:

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

Exchanges:

1/2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 4 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; 4 1/2 Fat;

Carbohydrate Choices:

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

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Posted 2/4/2011 2:13:37 PM REPORT ABUSE Brewgoat said:

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I made this cake and it came out great. I made it for an event for my sons Cub Scout pack where both Father and Son have to make a cake. I am by no means a baker or a cook, and the cake did not look as nice as this one, but structurally it came out fine and we won second place. Unfortunately the boys dug in before I got a picture taken. Please be forewarned, cake is not good for you. I would hate for a health conscious person to make this cake by mistake thinking it was in some way nutritious or good for you. I would suggest before starting the cake to look at the ingredients list and if it has something on the list that you feel is unhealthy avoid making the cake and instead eat carrots.

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Posted 2/4/2011 1:51:18 PM REPORT ABUSE Brewgoat said:

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Posted 7/12/2006 1:14:17 PM REPORT ABUSE vbeighley said:

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I was searching for ideas for my son''s birthday party, and found this cake. I printed it out, but modified it a little bit. I cooked part of the cake in a Hunt''s Spaghetti Sauce can, and stood it up. I put a sugar cone on the top to make the point, and used poster board to make the tailfins. Either way, this is a cool idea, and the kids (age 10) loved the whole space, alien, astronaut theme. It was cool without being to little kid!

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