JELL-O Swirled Caterpillar Cake
- 1 pkg. (2-layer size) cake mix, any flavour
- 1 pkg. (85 g) Jell-O Orange Jelly Powder, or your favourite flavour
- 3 cups thawed Cool Whip Whipped Topping
- 1 oz. Baker's Semi-Sweet Chocolate, melted, cooled slightly
- Decorations, such as Jet-Puffed Miniature Marshmallows, ring-shaped chewy fruit snacks, OREO Cookies and licorice
- Preheat oven to 350F.
- Prepare cake batter as directed on pkg.
- Pour 3/4 of the batter into greased and floured 10-cup fluted tube pan.
- Sprinkle dry jelly powder over batter; cut through batter with knife several times for marble effect, being careful not to cut through to bottom of pan.
- Top with remaining batter.
- Bake 45 min.
- or until toothpick inserted near centre comes out clean.
- Invert pan onto wire rack; cool 5 min.
- Remove from pan; cool completely.
- Cut off 1/3 of cake, making 1 straight-sided cut from top to bottom of cake.
- Cut removed cake piece crosswise in half; set aside.
- Stand remaining larger cake piece, cut ends down, on cake board or tray.
- Place 1 of the smaller cake pieces on each end of large cake piece to resemble a caterpillar's body (see photograph).
- Spread whipped topping onto cake; drizzle with the melted chocolate to resemble the stripes on the caterpillar's body.
- Decorate with candies, marshmallows, cookies and licorice.
- Store in refrigerator.
cake mix, flavour, topping, chocolate, marshmallows
Taken from www.kraftrecipes.com/recipes/jell-o-swirled-caterpillar-cake-87909.aspx (may not work)