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Camping-at-the-Lake Cake




Source of Recipe


Marla


Recipe Introduction


Planning Tip:
The cake layers may be wrapped and frozen up to 1 month. The cake can be prepared through Step 6 up to 2 days ahead. Cover with a bowl or large pot and refrigerate. Make Decorations up to 1 day ahead. Place on cake up to 1 hour before serving.




List of Ingredients




Camping-at-the-Lake Cake
Serves: 12

Camping-at-the-Lake Cake
Serves: 12

Planning Tip:
The cake layers may be wrapped and frozen up to 1 month. The cake can be prepared through Step 6 up to 2 days ahead. Cover with a bowl or large pot and refrigerate. Make Decorations up to 1 day ahead. Place on cake up to 1 hour before serving.

Two 8- or 9-in. cooled, baked cake layers, 1 layer frozen at least 2 hours for easier cutting
1 16-oz tub each chocolate and vanilla frosting
Green, blue, yellow and red food color

Flowers:
Tiny flower sprinkles
3 small ziploc food bags
1 box (3 oz) berry blue gelatin
Teddy Grahams cookies

Bumblebees:
Yellow jelly beans, almond slices

Ladybugs: Mini red M&M's

Tent:
Two 1/4 graham crackers, 2 yellow Starburst or LifeSavers Fruit Chews, 2 thin pretzel sticks
Trees: large green gumdrops or spearmint jelly-candy leaves and thin pretzel sticks
Sun: yellow and orange Starburst or LifeSavers Fruit Chews
Canoe: 3-in.-long piece strawberry Air Heads bar (see Tip), pretzel stick, licorice lace and small piece caramel candy

Flower basket: Small gumdrop, licorice lace and tiny flower sprinkles

Campfire: Red and yellow Starburst or LifeSavers Fruit Chews

Rocks: Buncha Crunch (Nestlé) or chocolate-covered raisins

Lilypad: Thin slice of green Jolly Jellies gummy candy and tiny flower sprinkles




Recipe



1. Using photograph as a guide, cut out lake through the frozen cake layer, leaving a border between 11/2 and 2 in. around edge. (You won't need cutout piece of cake.) Place uncut layer on a serving plate; spread a 11/2-in. border around edge of layer with chocolate frosting. Set layer with cutout on frosted layer.

2. Using vanilla frosting, carefully frost inside of lake (be sure entire inside is coated).

3. Grass: Spoon 1/4 cup vanilla frosting into a ziploc bag; add green food color (about 10 drops if using liquid), seal bag and knead until blended. Dragonflies: Put 1 Tbsp vanilla frosting and blue color into a ziploc bag; seal bag and knead in color. Teddy Grahams: Transfer 2 Tbsp vanilla frosting to a cup; cover and set aside. Cover frosting left in tub; reserve to use as glue.

4. Spoon 1 Tbsp chocolate frosting into a ziploc bag; seal bag. Use remaining chocolate frosting to frost sides of cake and border around lake.

5. Snip tip off corner of bag of green frosting; pipe grass and stems for flowers around base of cake (save some frosting for top of cake). Pick up flower sprinkles with moistened tip of a toothpick; place on stems. Snip tip off corner of bag of blue frosting. Pipe dragonflies near flowers.

6. Prepare gelatin as directed on box for speed-set. When ice cubes are removed, use a small ladle to slowly fill lake to about 1/4 in. from top. Refrigerate cake 2 hours or until gelatin is very firm.

7. Teddy Grahams: Divide reserved 2 Tbsp vanilla frosting among 4 cups; tint each a different color. Using a toothpick or small paintbrush, paint clothing and features on bears. Glue piece of licorice lace with vanilla frosting "marshmallow" onto hand of 1 bear. Let dry.

8. Bumblebees and Ladybugs: Cut slits on sides of yellow jelly beans; insert almond-slice wings. Snip tiny tip off corner of bag of chocolate frosting. Pipe lines and eyes on jelly beans. Pipe dots on mini red M&M's. Let dry.

9. Tent: Cut both pieces cracker to 13/4 in. long. Place end to end. Roll both fruit chews together into a 3-in. log. Roll with a rolling pin until large enough to cover crackers; trim edges. Glue onto crackers. Fold in half to form a tent. Glue pretzel sticks at ends, letting 1 in. extend from bottom. Let dry.

10. Trees: Working with 1 gumdrop at a time, place on a sugar-coated work surface and roll out until about 3/16 in. thick. Cut in pine treer shapes. Press or glue each against a pretzel stick, letting about 1 in. of pretzel extend from bottom.

11. Sun: Roll yellow and orange fruit chews into 2-in. squares. Cut a circle from the yellow square and sun rays from the orange. Press rays onto circle.

12. Canoe: Bend up sides of strawberry Air Heads bar; pinch ends together. Press pretzel-stick seat in place. For oar, press caramel onto piece of licorice lace; place in canoe.

13. Flower basket: Stick licorice lace for handle into flat side of gumdrop. Glue on flower sprinkles.

14. Campfire: Roll or press yellow and red fruit chews flat. Snip to make flames. Press together, alternating yellow and red.

15. Up to 1 hour before serving: Press pretzels extending from bottom of tent and trees into cake. Press sun into frosting on side of cake. Pipe tufts of grass and add remaining decorations. Refrigerate.