Frankie’S Bride Cake
- 1 package yellow cake mix (regular size)
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 1 cup shortening
- 7-1/2 to 8 cups confectioners' sugar
- 1/4 cup milk
- 3 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- Purple and green paste food coloring
- Prepare cake mix according to package directions. Pour batter into two greased and floured 9x5-in. loaf pans.
- Bake at 350u0b0 for 35-40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool. Place cakes end-to-end on a 22x8-in. covered board.
- In a large bowl, cream butter and shortening until light and fluffy. Beat in 6 cups confectioners' sugar, milk, vanilla and salt. Beat in enough remaining confectioners' sugar to achieve spreading consistency. Set aside 1/4 cup white frosting for hair. Remove 3 cups frosting; tint purple. Tint remaining frosting green.
- For bride's face, frost the top and sides of one cake with green frosting. Frost the second cake with a thin layer of purple frosting. Insert a medium star tip in each of two pastry bags; fill one bag with the remaining purple frosting and the other with the reserved white frosting. Pipe wavy purple hair with streaks of wavy white hair on bride.
- Decorate the bride, using assorted candies. For eyes, use halved marshmallow, halved black raspberry candy and black shoestring licorice. Add a Jordan almond nose. Make a smiling mouth and dimples using red shoestring licorice, red colored sugar and
- halved red raspberry candy.
- For ears and earrings, insert gummy stars and candy corn into side of cake. Attach spice gumdrops for bolts. Use black shoestring licorice and black licorice pastels for scar. Add a spider made with a black raspberry candy and black shoestring licorice strips.
yellow cake, butter, shortening, sugar, milk, vanilla, salt, purple
Taken from www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/frankie-s-bride-cake/ (may not work)