Clown Cakes
These tasty cakes will bring a smile to everyone!
Prep time: 25 minutes min.
Baking time: 23 minutes min.
Decoration time: 30 minutes min.
Difficulty: Challenging
What you'll need:
- 1 bag M&M’S® Brand Milk Chocolate Candies
- 1 bag M&M’S® Brand Peanut Milk Chocolate Candies
- 10 lollipops
- 1 box (16-oz.) pound cake mix
- 2 vanilla frosting
- 3 strawberry fruit by the foot (red fruit leather)
- Orange and blue paste food coloring
- 10 sugar cones
- 10 (6-0z) custard cups
- Red paper cupcake liners, cut in half
- Sheet pan
- Wax paper
- Re-sealable bag
- Printable template
What to do:
- Preheat oven to 350ºF. Grease and flour ten custard cups or oven proof.
- Prepare cake mix according to package directions. Divide batter evenly between the 10 cups. Fold in some of the M&M’S® Brand Milk Chocolate Candies at this point. Bake until golden and a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean about 18-23 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack to cool for 10 minutes. Invert and cool completely.
- Tint 1/2 of one of the cans of frosting light blue and the other half orange. Spoon the orange frosting into a pastry bag fitted with a small star tip. Line a sheet pan with wax paper. Heat the blue frosting in a microwave safe measuring cup in the microwave for about 15 to 30 seconds or until the texture of slightly whipped cream. Dip the cones into the frosting to coat the outside, tapping off excess and place flat side down on the prepared sheet pan. Let dry about 30 minutes.
- Cut the fruit leather into twenty 3-inch pieces. Remove paper and press 2 pieces together, overlapping slightly. Using the printable template, cut out lip shape. Repeat with remaining fruit leather.
- Place cakes flat side down on serving plates. Spoon 1/4 cup of the vanilla frosting into a re-sealable bag; set aside. Cover the cakes with the remaining vanilla frosting. Trim the lollipops stick and insert into the center of each cake. Press the fruit leather smile under the nose.
- Arrange the M&M’S® Brand Peanut Milk Chocolate Candies for the eyes. Press the dried cone at the top of the cake as the hat. Pipe small orange swirls for the hair along base of hat. Pipe a white line for the smile and attach additional M&M’S® Brand Milk Chocolate Candies on hat and face. Place the cupcake liner at base of cake.







