Prancing Pony Cake
Click here to print this recipe* Prep Time: 50 minutes (Ready in 3 hours, 10 minutes) Makes 12 Servings Ingredients CAKE: 1 (18.9-oz.) pkg. Pillsbury® Moist Supreme® Funfetti® Cake Mix 1 cup water 1/3 cup oil 3 eggs FROSTING: 1 (16-oz.) can Pillsbury® Creamy Supreme® Vanilla Frosting Black icing color (not liquid) Brown icing color (not liquid) DECORATIONS: 1 (6-inch) bamboo skewer Toothpicks 1 (3-inch) sugar cookie, cut in half 1 black jelly bean 1 large white gumdrop 2 large black gumdrops Assorted colored jelly beans Green leaf-shaped gumdrops Assorted wedge-shaped colored gumdrops Assorted large colored gumdrops Directions Heat oven to 350°F. Grease and flour 1 1/2 quart ovenproof bowl and 10-oz. custard cup. In large bowl, combine all cake ingredients; beat at low speed until moistened. Beat 2 minutes at medium speed. Pour 1/2 cup batter into greased and floured custard cup; pour remaining batter into greased and floured bowl. Place bowl in oven first, then custard cup. Bake at 350°F until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Bake cake in custard cup for 20 to 25 minutes; bake cake in bowl for 55 to 60 minutes. Cool cake in cup and bowl for 15 minutes. Remove cakes from cup and bowl; place on wire rack. Cool 1 hour or until completely cooled. With serrated knife, trim tops of cakes to level. Place bowl cake, flat side down on platter or foil-covered cardboard. Cut 1/2 inch off one side of cup cake, set aside 1/2 inch piece. With bamboo skewer, attach cup cake with cut side toward rounded cake to make nose. Cut remaining 1/2 inch piece of cake in half lengthwise; attach pieces to cake with toothpicks to make neck. Add black and brown icing color to one can of vanilla frosting to make desired gray color; blend well. Reserve 1/4 cup frosting for mane. With small amount of gray frosting, frost one side of each cookie half for ears; set aside to dry. When dry, turn over and frost other side of cookie halves. Meanwhile, frost cake with remaining gray frosting. With rubber scraper or small metal spatula, spread 1/2 can vanilla frosting and reserved 1/4 cup gray frosting on cake and platter to create horse's mane and tuff of hair on top of head. Use jelly beans and leaf-shaped green gumdrops to make flowers as shown in photograph. Use wedge-shaped gumdrops and large gumdrops to make butterflies. Place flowers and butterflies on platter as shown in photograph. Remove skewers and toothpicks from cake before serving. HIGH ALTITUDE (ABOVE 3500 FEET): Use 2 1/2 quart ovenproof bowl and 10-oz. custard cup. Add 1/4 cup flour to dry cake mix. Pour 3/4 cup batter into custard cup; pour remaining batter into bowl. Bake at 375°F. Bake cake in custard cup for 20 to 25 minutes; bake cake in bowl for 40 to 45 minutes. Jenn B aka Mom2Sam and Tiny http://groups.yahoo.com/group/1recipes_galore2007-WeightLoss http://groups.yahoo.com/group/1recipes_galore2007-For1or2 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/
