Great Shield Cake
A customized coat of arms suitable for a shining birthday celebration!
Prep time: 40 min.
Decoration time: 40 min.
Difficulty: Moderate
What you'll need:
- 1 bag 3 MUSKETEERS® Brand FUN SIZE® Bars
- 1 bag STARBURST® Brand Fruit Chews
- 1 bag TWIX® Brand Miniatures
- 1 bag M&M'S® Brand Milk Chocolate Candies
- 1 box (18.25 ounce) yellow cake mix
- 4 whole eggs
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 1/3 cup vegetable oil
- Blue and yellow food coloring
- 1 can (16 ounce) plus 1 cup vanilla frosting
- 1 cup chocolate frosting
- Jelly roll pan (10.5 x 15.5 inch)
- Waxed paper
- Resealable plastic bags
- printable template
What to do:
- Blend cake mix with eggs, oil, and buttermilk. Fold 2-cups chopped 3 MUSKETEERS® Brand FUN SIZE® Bars into batter then spread evenly in a greased and lined jellyroll pan.
- Bake in preheated 350 degree oven until golden; 20-25 minutes. Cool completely.
- Tint 1/4-cup vanilla frosting blue and remaining vanilla frosting yellow. Spoon blue frosting into resealable bags with a snipped corner, set aside.
- Heat twelve red (or same color) STARBURST® Brand Fruit Chews for 15 seconds in microwave to soften. Press candies together in a straight line, then roll flat, creating a band 13x1 1/4-inches. Trim sides and cut a ?banner? notch at one end. Set aside.
- Place cake on serving platter. Using printable template, trim one end to resemble a shield. Cover top and sides of cake with yellow frosting. Using photo as a guide, arrange TWIX® Brand Miniatures in a straight line, about 4-inches down from the top. Lay the red STARBURST® Brand Fruit Chews band diagonally across shield. Spoon chocolate frosting into resealable bags with snipped corner and pipe chocolate and blue frosting into desired patterns, names or words. Arrange M&M’S® Brand Milk Chocolate Candies and randomly on top and along bottom edge of cake.
