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Candy Land Cake

2 packages (18-1/4 ounces each) cake mix of your choice
Vanilla and chocolate frosting
Green mist food color spray, optional
Assorted decorations: Starburst candies, red Fruit Roll-Up, red coarse sugar, Dots, regular and miniature peanut butter cups, chocolate jimmies, large and small gumdrops, Dum Dum Pops, miniature candy canes, clear and blue rock candy, cake and waffle ice cream cones, multicolored sprinkles, green colored sugar, miniature marshmallows, round peppermints and conversation hearts

Line two 13-in. x 9-in. baking pans with waxed paper and grease the
paper. Prepare cake batter; pour into prepared pans. Bake according
to package directions. Cool for 15 minutes before removing from pans
to wire racks to cool completely; remove waxed paper. Level tops
of cakes; place side by side on a covered board. Frost top and sides
of cake with vanilla frosting; mist with food color spray if desired.
With Candy Land game board as your guide, form a path using
Starburst candies. With vanilla frosting, pipe "Happy Birthday" on

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Candy Land Cake cont.

candies. With chocolate frosting, make an arrow; pipe "Start" on the
arrow with vanilla frosting. For the Mountain/Gumdrop pass, use a
red Fruit Roll-Up, red coarse sugar and Dots. For forests, add
peanut butter cups topped with piped chocolate frosting, chocolate
jimmies, gumdrops, Dum Dum Pops, candy canes and rock candy. For
castle, pipe vanilla frosting into ice cream cones. Garnish with Dots
and sprinkles. Between the pathways, add green colored sugar,
sprinkles, miniature marshmallows, peppermints and conversation
hearts. Pipe additional frosting to fill in spaces; top with
sprinkles. Pipe vanilla frosting around base of cake; place
peppermints around top edge of cake. Editor's Note: This cake
is best eaten the day it's prepared. Do not refrigerate.

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Candy Land Cake

Yield: 30-40 servings.