Flowery Cake of the Dead
- 1 pkg. (2-layer size) chocolate cake mix
- 1 cup water
- 1/2 cup BREAKSTONE'S or KNUDSEN Sour Cream
- 1/3 cup oil
- 3 eggs
- 2 cups thawed COOL WHIP Whipped Topping
- 1 oz. BAKER'S Semi-Sweet Chocolate
- 1/2 oz. BAKER'S White Chocolate
- 20 JET-PUFFED Marshmallows
- 3 Tbsp. assorted colored sugars
- Heat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Beat first 5 ingredients with mixer until blended; pour into 13x9-inch pan sprayed with cooking spray.
- Bake 35 min.
- or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
- Cool completely.
- Invert cake onto cake board or tray.
- Frost with COOL WHIP.
- Melt chocolates (separately) as directed on packages; spoon into separate resealable plastic bags.
- Use felt marker to draw 7x5-inch skull shape on piece of paper; tape onto piece of cardboard.
- Wrap tightly with plastic wrap.
- Cut small piece off one bottom corner of bag filled with semi-sweet chocolate; use to trace around skull pattern, then fill in skull with remaining semi-sweet chocolate.
- Refrigerate 10 min.
- or until firm.
- Remove plastic wrap and chocolate skull from cardboard; invert skull onto center of cake.
- Discard plastic wrap.
- Cut small piece off bottom of bag filled with white chocolate; use to draw the skull's face as shown in photo.
- Use kitchen shears to cut each large marshmallow crosswise into 5 pieces; dip cut sides in colored sugars.
- Decorate cake with marshmallow flowers, pressing 5 marshmallow pieces, cut sides up, together to make each flower.
- Sprinkle remaining colored sugars onto centers of flowers.
- Keep refrigerated.
chocolate cake mix, water, s, oil, eggs, chocolate, s white chocolate, jetpuffed, colored sugars
Taken from www.kraftrecipes.com/recipes/flowery-cake-of-the-dead-120010.aspx (may not work)