Kids: Campout Cake
Source of Recipe
familyfun.com
Recipe Introduction
"Bring the great outdoors to your child's birthday with this campout cake."
List of Ingredients
2 baked 9-inch round cakes
4 cups green frosting
Graham crackers
Gumdrops
Pretzel sticks
Necco wafers
Chocolate cookie crumbs
Marshmallow trees (see recipe below)
Colored frosting and gel icing
Recipe
1. Layer the cakes and frost them green. Build a campfire with graham cracker-crumb ashes, gumdrop flames and pretzel stick logs.
2. For the campers' sleeping bags, frost graham cracker quarters with bright colors and decorate with gel icing. Draw a camper's face with the icing onto a Necco wafer and place on top of each sleeping bag.
3. Arrange the campers around the "fire" and add a sprinkle of cookie dirt and a few marshmallow trees.
4. Marshmallow Trees: In a saucepan over medium heat, melt 16 large marshmallows with 2 tablespoons butter, stirring constantly.
5. Remove from the heat and add green food coloring and 2 cups cornflakes, stirring well after each addition.
6. Spray hands with cooking spray and mold cone-shaped trees. Place trees on a waxed paper-lined tray to cool.
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