Barn Cake With Farm Animal Cupcakes
Barn Cake With Farm Animal Cupcakes
Prep Time: 1.6 Hours
Yields: 1 square cake plus 12 cupcakes
Ingredients:
Cake, Cupcakes and Frosting
1 box Betty Crocker® SuperMoist® Cake Mix
yellow or devil's food
Water, vegetable oil and eggs called for on cake mix box
2 containers (8.4 oz each) Betty Crocker® Petal Pink Cupcake Icing
1 container (8.4 oz) Betty Crocker® Buttercup Yellow Cupcake Icing
1 container (8.4 oz) Betty Crocker® Cloud White Cupcake Icing
Betty Crocker® Red Paste Food Color
Barn Decorations
Tray or foil-covered cardboard (about 20x15 inches)
5 thin pretzel sticks
6 graham cracker squares
1 1/4 cups shredded coconut
Yellow liquid food color
Green liquid food color
Chick Decorations
8 brown miniature candy-coated chocolate baking bits
4 small orange gumdrops
Sheep Decorations
4 red miniature candy-coated chocolate baking bits
8 brown miniature candy-coated chocolate baking bits
4 small white gumdrops,
cut in half vertically
64 miniature marshmallows,
cut in half crosswise
Pig Decorations
8 red miniature candy-coated chocolate baking bits
8 brown miniature candy-coated chocolate baking bits
1 rolls
Betty Crocker® Fruit Roll-Ups® Strawberry Chewy Fruit Snack (from 5-oz box)
Instructions:
1. Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or nonstick pans). Grease bottom and sides of 9-inch square pan with shortening or cooking spray. Place paper baking cup in each of 12 regular-size muffin cups. Make cake mix as directed on box, using water, oil and eggs. Pour 2 1/4 cups batter into square pan; divide remaining batter among muffin cups. Bake cupcakes 17 to 22 minutes, square pan 22 to 27 minutes, or until toothpick inserted in centers comes out clean. Cool in pans 10 minutes; remove from pans to cooling racks. Cool completely at room temperature, about 1 hour. Refrigerate or freeze square cake 1 hour until firm.
