Army Helmet Cake
Prep Time: 1 hour (Ready in 3 hours 5 minutes) Makes 12 Servings Ingredients CAKE: 1 (18.25-oz.) pkg. Pillsbury® Moist Supreme® Yellow Cake Mix 1 cup water 1/3 cup oil 3 eggs FROSTING: 1 (16-oz.) can Pillsbury® Creamy Supreme® Vanilla Frosting Brown, yellow, black and green paste or gel icing colors (not liquid food color) 1 (16-oz.) can Pillsbury® Creamy Supreme® Chocolate Frosting DECORATIONS: 2 round black licorice candies Black licorice twist Black string licorice Directions Heat oven to 350°F. Grease and flour one 1 quart ovenproof bowl and one 8 inch round cake pan. In large bowl, combine all cake ingredients; beat at low speed until moistened. Beat 2 minutes at high speed. Pour 2 1/2 cups batter into greased and floured bowl to within 1 inch of top; pour remaining batter into round cake pan. Bake at 350°F. until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Bake cake in pan for 35 to 40 minutes; bake bowl cake 45 to 50 minutes. Cool cakes in pan and bowl for 15 minutes. Invert cakes onto wire racks; cool 1 hour or until completely cooled. In small bowl, tint 1 cup of the vanilla frosting with brown and yellow icing colors to make desired tan color; blend well. Place cake from pan on platter or foilcovered cardboard. Frost top lightly with tan frosting. With serrated knife, trim top of bowl cake to level; invert onto cake from pan. Trim around edges of cake from pan to create slanted edge for rim of helmet. Frost with tan frosting, sloping frosting at bottom to make rim and shape of army helmet. Divide remaining vanilla frosting evenly into 2 small bowls. Tint 1 bowl of frosting with black icing color; blend well. Tint other bowl of frosting with green and brown icing colors to make desired army green color; blend well. Using pastry bags with round decorator tips, outline black, green and brown (using chocolate frosting) camouflage shapes on helmet as shown in photo. Fill in centers of outlines with remaining frosting. Decorate helmet with round licorice candies and licorice twist as shown in photo. Use string licorice to outline rim of helmet. HIGH ALTITUDE (ABOVE 3500 FEET): Add 1/3 cup flour to dry cake mix; increase water to 1 1/4 cups. Bake as directed above. Jenn B aka Mom2Sam and Tiny http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Beautiful_Womens_WeightLoss - Women Only http://groups.yahoo.com/group/1recipes_galore2007-WeightLoss - Recipes Check them out [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CAKE-RECIPE/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CAKE-RECIPE/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
