School Bus Cake
Source of Recipe
Taste Of Home
List of Ingredients
School Bus Cake
• 1 package (18-1/4 ounces) yellow cake mix
• 1 cup butter, softened
• 1 cup shortening
• 8 to 9 cups confectioners' sugar
• 1/4 cup milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons black paste or gel food coloring
• 1/2 to 3/4 teaspoon yellow paste or liquid food coloring
• 2 cream-filled chocolate sandwich cookies, cut in half
• 2 yellow gumdrops
• 6 red gumdrops
Recipe
• Prepare cake mix according to package directions. Pour batter into two greased 8-in. x 4-in. loaf pans.
• Bake at 350° for 40-45 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to a wire rack to cool completely.
• Place cakes end to end on a 22-in. x 8-in. covered board. Level if needed. From the top of one end, form the front of the bus by cutting out a section 1 in. deep and 3 in. long (Save the removed piece for another use.)
• For frosting, in a large bowl, beat butter and shortening until fluffy. Add 6 cups confectioners' sugar, milk, vanilla and salt; beat until smooth. Add enough remaining confectioners' sugar until desired consistency is reached.
• Tint 3/4 cup frosting with black food coloring; set aside. Tint remaining frosting yellow. Frost top and sides of cake with yellow frosting. Frost cut edge of cookies with yellow frosting to form wheel wells; place two cookie halves on each side of bus.
• Cut a small hole in the corner of a pastry or plastic bag; insert a #5 round tip. Fill the bag with black frosting. Outline windows on both sides of bus; pipe strips under windows. Pipe windshield and back window; fill in with black frosting. Pipe lines on front of grille. Place yellow gumdrops on front of bus for headlights; place red gumdrops on front and back for lights. Yield: 12-16 servings.
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