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Candy Land Cake
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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 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
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