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Frankie's Bride Cake Recipe

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Let his hair-raising cake be the star of your next Halloween party. Because she's made with a convenient cake mix, you'll have plenty of time to decorate her BOOtifully! —Taste of Home Test Kitchen

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Frankie's Bride Cake Recipe

Prep: 1-1/4 hours Bake: 35 min. + cooling

Yield: 16-20 Servings

75 35 110

Ingredients

1 package yellow cake mix (regular size)
1 cup butter, softened
1 cup shortening
7-1/2 to 8 cups confectioners' sugar
1/4 cup milk
3 teaspoons vanilla extract
1/8 teaspoon salt
Purple and green paste food coloring
ASSORTED CANDIES: Large marshmallow, black raspberry candies, black shoestring licorice, green Jordan almond, red shoestring licorice, red colored sugar, red raspberry candy, green sour gummy stars, candy corn, large black spice gumdrops and black licorice pastels

Directions

Prepare cake mix according to package directions. Pour batter into two greased and floured 9-in. x 5-in. loaf pans.
Bake at 350° for 35-40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool. Place cakes end-to-end on a 22-in. x 8-in. covered board.
In a large bowl, cream butter and shortening until light and fluffy. Beat in 6 cups confectioners' sugar, milk, vanilla and salt. Beat in enough remaining confectioners' sugar to achieve spreading consistency. Set aside 1/4 cup white frosting for hair. Remove 3 cups frosting; tint purple. Tint remaining frosting green.
For bride's face, frost the top and sides of one cake with green frosting. Frost the second cake with a thin layer of purple frosting. Insert a medium star tip in each of two pastry bags; fill one bag with the remaining purple frosting and the other with the reserved white frosting. Pipe wavy purple hair with streaks of wavy white hair on bride.
Decorate the bride, using assorted candies. For eyes, use halved marshmallow, halved black raspberry candy and black shoestring licorice. Add a Jordan almond nose. Make a smiling mouth and dimples using red shoestring licorice, red colored sugar and
halved red raspberry candy.
For ears and earrings, insert gummy stars and candy corn into side of cake. Attach spice gumdrops for bolts. Use black shoestring licorice and black licorice pastels for scar. Add a spider made with a black raspberry candy and black shoestring licorice strips. Yield: 16-20 servings.

Originally published as Frankie's Bride Cake in Taste of Home Halloween Food & Fun Annual 2007, p18

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Reviewed on Oct. 23, 2010 by stubzilla

This was a fairly easy recipe to follow for someone like me who is not skilled in piping icing. I would recommend reserving at least 1/2 cup of the white. I ran out before I could finish the second streak. I only used the 6 cups of powdered sugar and it made more than enough icing. However, most of the candy listed, I had a hard time tracking down so most of my cake was piping. I cut the ends of a swiss roll for the bolts in her neck. I would definitely make this again, and recommend this to anyone...it's cute and fun!