Easy King Cake
- 1 tablespoon lemon peel grated
- 1 1/2 teaspoons ground nutmeg
- 1 gumdrop
- 1 package yellow cake mix
- 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon water
- 3 tablespoons sugar divided
- green food coloring Red, blue, yellow and
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Coat a 9 x 13 inch pan with nonstick cooking spray.
- Mix up the cake batter according to package directions.
- Stir in the lemon peel, nutmeg and gumdrop.
- Bake according to cake package directions.
- Cool completely.
- In a small bowl, combine powdered sugar, lemon juice and water until it forms a creamy glaze.
- Spread the glaze over the top of the cooled cake.
- Put each tablespoon of sugar into individual zip close baggies. Add 1 drop of red and 1 drop of blue to one bag to make purple sugar.
- Add 2 drops of yellow to another bag of sugar.
- Add 2 drops of green to another bag.
- Mix all well in the individual bags.
- Sprinkle over the top of the glaze to decorate as desired.
lemon peel, ground nutmeg, gumdrop, yellow cake, powdered sugar, lemon juice, water, sugar, green food coloring red
Taken from www.yummly.com/recipe/Easy-King-Cake-1655521 (may not work)