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Robot Cake

Prep Time:

35 min

Total Time:

2 hr 15 min

Makes:

What You Need!

1 pkg. (2-layer size) chocolate cake mix

3 cups thawed COOL WHIP Whipped Topping, divided

1 tsp. blue food colouring

12 large hard silver round candies

2 Tbsp. small hard silver round candies

8 Mini OREO Cookies

Make It!

PREPARE cake batter and bake as directed on package for 13x9-inch pan, lining pan with foil sprayed with cooking spray before adding batter. Cool cake in pan 15 min. Use foil handles to transfer cake from pan to wire rack. Remove foil. Cool cake completely. Cut cake into pieces and arrange on platter as shown in diagram, using toothpicks to attach the robot's hands and feet to top of cake. Discard cake trimmings or reserve for snacking.

DECORATE chocolate cake circle and square as shown in photo. Carefully place on cake as shown in photo. Tint 2 cups Cool Whip with food colouring; spread onto top and sides of robot's body. Spread remaining Cool Whip onto robot as shown in photo.

ADD remaining ingredients as shown in photo. Store in refrigerator.

Kraft Kitchens Tips

Note

Hard silver candies, called "dragees," can be found at most bulk food stores. Remove and discard them from cake, along with the toothpicks, before serving cake.

Frankenstein Cake

Tint 1 cup Cool Whip with green food colouring; spread onto hands, feet and head pieces. Tint remaining Cool Whip with blue food colouring; spread onto body. Use brown decorating gel to add facial features and hair. Add Mini Oreo Cookies on the side of head and on the shoulders for Frankenstein's electric bolts.

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Rated

by a cook on 9/17/2009
" Why would you decorate a kid's cake with those hard silver candies if you have to remove them before serving? It just doesn't make sense to me- the candies are what makes the cake look so neat..."

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Serving Size = 1 piece (74 g)

Nutritional Information

Calories

230

Total fat

13 g

Saturated fat

4.5 g

Cholesterol

30 mg

Sodium

300 mg

Carbohydrate

28 g

Dietary fibre

1 g

Sugars

16 g

Protein

3 g

Vitamin A

2 %DV

Vitamin C

0 %DV

Calcium

4 %DV

Iron

10 %DV