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School Books
This book has a happy ending! Hopefully there’ll be a sequel.
Prep time: 10 min.
Baking time: 35 min.
Decoration time: 25 min.
Difficulty: Moderate
What you'll need:
- 1 bag SNICKERS® Brand MINIS®
- 1 bag M&M’S® Brand Milk Chocolate Candies
- 1 box (18.25-oz.) chocolate cake mix
- 2 cans (16-oz.) whipped vanilla frosting
- Blue food coloring
- 1/4 cup cocoa powder
- 1 9 x 12-inch cake pan
- Spatula
- Resealable plastic bag
- Fork
What to do:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Prepare the cake pan by first lining bottom with parchment paper, then grease and flour.
- Roughly chop 2 cups of SNICKERS® Brand MINIS®. Prepare cake mix according to package instructions and fold in the chopped SNICKERS® Brand MINIS®. Transfer batter to prepared cake pan and bake for approximately 32-35 minutes, or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Remove from the oven, transfer to wire rack and let cool for 10 minutes. Invert cake, remove pan and cool completely.
- Remove parchment paper from cake bottom. Place the serving platter on the cake. Flip both the cake and platter over. Mark the center of the cake with a line drawn from the top to the bottom. Using a serrated knife, cut a "V" along that line approximately 1-inch deep and 1-inch wide. Now the cake will resemble an open book. Use photo as your guide.
To decorate the cake:
Tint 1/2 cup of vanilla frosting, blue. Transfer it into a resealable plastic bag and snip off a small corner. Cover cake with remaining vanilla frosting. Dip the tines of a fork into cocoa powder and press them horizontally along the sides of the cake for a page effect.
Decorate the book with M&M’S® Brand Milk Chocolate Candies and write your message with the blue frosting.
Makes 24 servings.
Tip: If your cake if freshly baked, after cutting the wedge, cover it completely with a thin layer of frosting and refrigerate for 30 minutes. Then frost it again. This will help eliminate the crumbs.
