Jack-o'-Lantern Cake

2 packages Betty Crocker® SuperMoist® devil's food or white cake mix
Water
Vegetable oil
Eggs or egg whites
2 tubs Betty Crocker® Rich & Creamy vanilla ready-to-spread frosting
Yellow and red food color
1 green flat-bottom ice-cream cone
Betty Crocker® Fruit Roll-Ups® chewy fruit snack rolls (any flavor)

1. Heat oven to 325F. Grease and flour 2-quart round casserole or 2 1/2-quart ovenproof bowl. Make 1 package cake mix as directed on package, using water, oil and eggs or egg whites. Pour batter into casserole. Bake devil's food cake 1 hour 20 minutes to 1 hour 25 minutes, white cake about 1 hour 15 minutes, or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 15 minutes. Remove cake from casserole; place rounded side up on wire rack. Cool completely. Repeat with remaining cake mix.

2. Empty frosting into medium bowl; tint with 9 drops yellow and 6 drops red food color to make orange frosting. Place 1 cake, rounded side down, on plate. Spread with 2/3 cup of the orange frosting almost to edge. Place second cake, rounded side up, on frosted cake to make round shape. Frost with remaining orange frosting.

3. Trim ice-cream cone to desired height for stem; place upside down on cake. Cut out eyes, nose, mouth, vines and leaves from fruit snack rolls. Place on frosted cake to form face.

24 servings

High Altitude (3500-6500 ft) For devil's food: Heat oven to 375°F.
Make each cake mix with 1 3/4 cups water, 1/4 cup Gold Medal® all-purpose flour, 1 Tbsp oil and 3 eggs. Beat on low speed 30 sec; beat on medium speed 4 min. Bake 1 hr 5 min to 1 hr 15 min. For white: No changes.

TIPS from the kitchen
Do-Ahead Tip You may want to bake the cake a day ahead so there's not a long wait and those involved in the decorating are at their creative best.

Substitution Just for fun, replace your usual entry in the pumpkin-carving contest with this tempting dessert.

1 Serving: Calories 370 (Calories from Fat 115 ); Total Fat 13 g (Saturated Fat 6 g); Cholesterol 30 mg; Sodium 400 mg; Total Carbohydrate 62 g (Dietary Fiber 2 g); Protein 3 g % Daily Value: Vitamin A 0%; Vitamin C 0%; Calcium 6 %; Iron 8 %


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