Crown Cake

[EmmaS]

Prep time: 15 min.
Baking time: 28-31 min.
Decoration time: 30-45 min.
Difficulty: Easy
What you'll need:
1 bag STARBURST® Brand Original Fruit Chews
6 Singles bags SKITTLES® Brand Bite Size Candies Tropical
1 18.25-oz. box favorite cake mix
2 16-oz. cans vanilla frosting
Yellow food coloring
5 sugar cones
1/2 cup yellow decorator’s sugar
2 tablespoons yellow decorator’s sugar
Serrated knife
Resealable plastic bag
What to do:
Bake the cake mix in two 8-inch layers, according to the directions on the package. Freeze one layer for another time.
Place 2 tablespoons of frosting into a resealable plastic bag. Snip 1/4 inch off one corner. Set aside. Tint the remaining frosting with a few drops of yellow food coloring.
Spread the cake layer with the yellow frosting; set aside.
Trim the sugar cones as follows: Using a serrated knife, trim 1 inch off two cones; then trim 1-1/2 inches off two cones. Keep one cone untouched.
Cover the cones with a thin layer of yellow frosting; then roll them in the yellow decorator’s sugar.
To make the crown: Using the picture as a guide, place the cones on the edge of the cake. Begin by placing the uncut cone on the cake. Then, on either side of it, place the cones cut 1-1/2 inch, and finally place the cones cut 1 inch.
Pipe a ring of white frosting around the bottom of the cones.
Press the SKITTLES® Brand Bite Size Candies Tropical along the entire bottom edge of the cake.
Unwrap the STARBURST® Brand Original Fruit Chews. Press them into the side of the cake, turning them so that they look like a diamond.
Dab the SKITTLES® Brand Bite Size Candies Tropical with frosting, and dot them around the sides of the cake.
Dab the SKITTLES® Brand Bite Size Candies Tropical with frosting, and place one on each point.
TIP: This recipe makes a "golden" crown. For a pink one, use red food coloring in steps 2-5 and pink decorator’s sugar in step 5.
Makes 10 servings.