Ladybug Cake

Total Time: 3 hrs 10 mins
Preparation Time: 20 mins
Cook Time: 2 hrs 50 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8


• 1 (18 1/4 ounce) betty crocker supermoist yellow cake mix or 1 (18 1/4 ounce) betty crocker supermoist cake mix


• 1 1/4 cups water


• 1/3 cup vegetable oil


• 3 eggs


• 1 (16 ounce) container betty crocker whipped fluffy ready-to-spread frosting


• 1 large red gumdrop


• red and black shoestring licorice


• red sugar


• 1 large black gumdrop

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350ºf.


• 2 generously grease bottom only of 1-1/2 round casserole or heatproof bowl and bottom of loaf pan, 8-1/2" x 4-1/2" x 2-1/2".


• 3 beat cake mix, water, oil and eggs in large bowl with electric mixer on low speed 30 seconds; beat on medium speed 2 minutes, scraping bowl constantly.


• 4 pour half the batter into casserole; pour remaining batter into loaf pan.


• 5 bake about 40 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.


• 6 cool 10 minutes.


• 7 run knife around side of casserole and loaf pan to loosen cakes; remove from casserole and pan to wire rack.


• 8 cool completely, about 1 hour.


• 9 wrap and freeze loaf cake for another use.


• 10 place cake, rounded side up, on serving plate.


• 11 frost cake with frosting.


• 12 make face on side of cake, ussing cookies for eyes, red gumdrop slice for nose, red shoestring licorice for mouth and black shoestring licorice for eyebrows and antennae.


• 13 sprinkle red sugar over cake to within 2 inches from curved side of face.


• 14 place black gumdrop slices on cake for spots.


• 15 serve when ready.