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"My friend asked me to make her son's 5th birthday cake, and when I asked her what he wanted on it, she said, 'Oh, just put on gobs and gobs of candy,'" recalls Pen Perez of Berkeley, California. "Instead of piling on candy haphazardly, I thought it should look like the Candy Land board game." The birthday boy and his friends and family members loved it!
Originally published as Candy Land Cake in Taste of Home August/September 2007, p68
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Reviewed on Feb. 01, 2012 by s_pants
This cake looks amazing! It is so fun to put together. I made it for my son's 6th birthday. I couldn't find blue rock candy, so I used clear at the top with the ice cream cones and instead of rocky candy with the candy canes, I used snow flake sprinkles, white sparkling sugar and finely crushed candy canes. I also used Sno-Caps above the "start" arrow interspersed with birthday candles.
Reviewed on Nov. 17, 2011 by ace_4
Making this cake for a Bake off competition at work to raise money for Christmas for kids. What a perfect idea..so looking forward to showing it off and raising money from it.
Reviewed on Jul. 19, 2011 by aeberly
love it
Reviewed on Aug. 27, 2010 by JessBella6
This was easier to make than I anticipated, and the Birthday boy still says that this was his favorite cake ever!
Reviewed on Apr. 12, 2010 by breezechic
It's hard to decide which piece to take- You'll get sugar shock from all of it! HUGE hit. :)Thanks for the awesome idea!
It's hard to decide which piece to take- You'll get sugar shock from all of it! HUGE hit. :)
Thanks for the awesome idea!
Reviewed on Feb. 01, 2010 by krystaljoy
fun and easy to do, a huge hit with the kids. the more candy the better
Reviewed on Aug. 22, 2009 by mkuhl
I made this for a Candyland themed combination party for my son and daughter age 3 and 7. I used colored sugar instead of food color spray and Hershey's Kisses instead of peanut butter cups due to a peanut allergy. It was a huge hit and so fun to make. Thanks for the great idea!
Reviewed on Jul. 20, 2009 by meladolph
I made this cake for my daughter's 5 birthday. I did home-made cake and frosting. It turned out wonderful! The only thing I did different was instead of using food color spray, I used colored sugar and sprinkled it all over the bare parts and it made it taste much better too! Had a hard time finding candy canes in summer time so I did without.
Reviewed on Jan. 24, 2009 by facetious
This is a really fun cake. The kids love to decorate it, and you get rid of candy from past holidays fast! I made two cakes last year for all 8 of the cousins arriving. They were divided into two groups to decorate, and we had a contest for best cake. Thanks!
Reviewed on Jan. 19, 2009 by Matt_and_Pipers_Mom
Hi! It's in the Aug/Sep 2007 issue. There is a picture of the original version as well. I like them both, and will incorporate my own ideas into the one I will make for my son's 5th birthday in April! I think it will be really fun and not too stressful, such as last year's double layer cake I made shaped like Mickey Mouse head with all his featues plus a hat! It came out cute but I thought I would have to stab myself with the frosting knife before I was done. This at least is a sheet cake to build on top of. I'm going to start collecting (and eating!) various, interesting and pretty candies now.
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