LIFESAVERS Cake Roll
- 4 rolls (1-1/4 oz. each)
- 1 pkg. (2-layer size) white cake mix
- 5 empty coffee cans (11-13 oz.)
- 1 container (16 oz.) ready-to-spread vanilla frosting
- 2 tubes (4.25 oz.) white decorating icing with star and writing tip attachments
- 1 tube (4.25 oz.) eachred, green, yellow, orange, blue and black decorating icing with star and writing tip attachments
- Separate candy rolls into 8 pieces of each flavor; reserve remaining candy for another use.
- Place 8 pieces of one flavor candy in small plastic bag and crush with rolling pin until pieces are about 1/8-inch in size.
- Repeat with remaining flavors.
- Prepare cake mix batter as directed on package; divide into 5 small bowls.
- Fold one flavor crushed candy into each bowl.
- Pour into well greased and floured coffee cans.
- Place filled cans on cookie sheet.
- Bake at 350F for 30 to 35 minutes or until cake pulls away slightly from edge of can and toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
- Cool in cans on wire rack 10 minutes.
- Remove from cans; cool completely on wire rack.
- Trim cakes across top so all cakes are level and of uniform height, about 2-1/4 inches.
- Spread 12-inch strip vanilla frosting on serving platter (this will hold cake roll in place).
- Stand cakes on rounded side in frosting strip, end-to-end, to make LIFESAVERS Candy Roll, spreading frosting in between cakes to attach.
- Make gray icing by mixing 1/2 cup vanilla frosting with 1 tsp.
- black decorator icing.
- Spread on both ends of cake and 1/4-inch onto cake roll at each end to resemble foil ends of candy roll.
- Using star tip attached to white decorating icing tube, pipe the word 'LIFESAVERS' onto center of cake roll to resemble candy roll package.
- Attach writing tip to blue icing tube and fill in around letters to form a rectangle.
- Use white icing with star tip to pipe flag beneath blue rectangle; spread with knife to smooth flag surface.
- Use blue icing with writing tip to outline flag; use red icing with writing tip to write 'Five Flavor' on white flag.
- Using star tip on the decorating icing tubes, pipe green, white, orange, yellow and red stars to make flavor stripes o cake roll to resemble candy roll package.
rolls, white cake, empty coffee, ready, white decorating icing, eachred
Taken from www.kraftrecipes.com/recipes/lifesavers-cake-roll-55824.aspx (may not work)