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Sailboat Cake

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• Prep 40 min
• Total 3 hr 30 min
• Servings 14
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Ingredients

• 1 box Betty Crocker™ Super Moist™ Yellow Cake Mix
• Water, vegetable oil and eggs called for on cake mix box
• 2 tubs (16 oz) Betty Crocker™ Rich & Creamy Vanilla Frosting
• Yellow or brown food color
• Tray or cardboard (20x18 inches), covered with wrapping paper and plastic food wrap or foil
• 2 pull-and-peel cherry licorice twists (from 14-oz package)
• 1 roll Betty Crocker™ Fruit Roll-Ups® chewy fruit snack (from 5-oz box)
• Ring-shaped hard candies and assorted candies for decorating

• 1 Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or nonstick pans). Grease bottom and sides of 13x9-inch pan or spray with baking spray with flour. Make and bake cake mix as directed on box for 13x9-inch pan. Cool 10 minutes; remove from pan to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 1 hour. Refrigerate or freeze cake about 1 hour or until firm.
• 2 Cut cake as shown in diagram. (See link below for diagram.) Arrange pieces to form sailboat on tray. Tint 1 1/3 cups frosting with yellow or brown food color for hull. Spread a thin layer of white frosting over top and sides of sails, and a thin layer of tinted frosting over top and sides of hull, to seal in crumbs. Refrigerate or freeze cake 30 to 60 minutes to set frosting.
• 3 Frost entire cake with remaining frosting. Cut licorice pieces to desired length for the mast; place near the edge of the longest sail. To create the top flag, spread a thin layer of frosting on a small piece of aluminum foil. Unroll and remove wrapper from fruit snack roll; press onto frosting-coated foil. Using kitchen scissors, cut into flag shape. Secure flag to mast with a small amount of frosting. Use candy for portholes, or decorate as desired. Store loosely covered.
• View/Print the diagram here.

Tips from the Betty Crocker Kitchens

• tip 1 Purchase nautical theme wrapping paper to cover a large tray or piece of sturdy cardboard. Then cover the entire tray in plastic food storage wrap, securing it to cardboard back with tape. This makes an attractive display for your sailboat cake.

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July 20, 2015 at 2:35 pm

Some really gorgeous inspirational cakes! I have just made some anchors from florist paste and it was much harder than I imagined it would be. It would be amazing to find an anchor cutter!

October 7, 2015 at 8:55 am

Thank you for sharing this beautiful selection! I very much like the cakes with the shells, especially the last one – it looks very classy with the sea stars and white flowers.

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