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Construction Site Cake

Construction Site Cake

Ingredients:9
Servings:12

By Betty Crocker Kitchens(Opens in a new tab)Updated 05/17/2022

Construction Site Cake

Ingredients:9
Servings:12

This clever birthday cake is easy to make with Betty Crocker cake mix, ready-made frosting and a few toy trucks. There’s literally no way to mess it up!

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Construction Site Cake

Prep time:35 min
Total time:3 hr 35 min
Ingredients:9
Servings:12

Construction Site Cake

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Ingredient

1 box Betty Crocker™ Super Moist™ Chocolate Fudge Cake Mix
Water, vegetable oil and eggs called for on cake mix box
2 tubs (16 oz) Betty Crocker™ Rich & Creamy Chocolate Frosting or 2 tubs (12 oz) Betty Crocker™ Whipped Chocolate Frosting
1 tub (16 oz) Betty Crocker™ Rich & Creamy Vanilla Frosting
Orange food color
Green food color
4 pieces candy corn
3 new small plastic toy trucks
2 tablespoons chocolate-covered rock-shaped candy

Instructions

Step 1
Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or nonstick pans). Grease bottoms and sides of 2 (8-inch) round cake pans with shortening or cooking spray.

Step 2
Make and bake cake mix as directed on box for 8-inch rounds, using water, oil and eggs. Cool 10 minutes; remove from pans to cooling racks. Cool completely, about 1 hour. For easier handling, refrigerate or freeze cakes 30 minutes to 1 hour or until firm.

Step 3
On serving plate, place 1 cake layer, rounded side down. In medium bowl, mix 2 containers chocolate frosting with 1/2 container vanilla frosting. Spread with 1/2 cup of the frosting. Top with second cake layer, rounded side up. Spread thin layer of frosting over cake to seal in crumbs. Refrigerate or freeze 30 minutes to 1 hour.

Step 4
Using serrated knife, cut a quarter out of top cake layer (as shown in photo). In bowl, crumble removed cake and mix with 1/2 cup frosting to look like dirt. Mound “dirt” on cake. Frost remaining cake thickly with remaining frosting.

Step 5
In small bowl, tint about 1/3 cup vanilla frosting with orange food color. Place on cake in circles for construction cones; top with candy corn. In small bowl, tint about 1/2 cup vanilla frosting with green food color for grass; place around cake. Place trucks on cake. Place rock-shaped candy in trucks.

Recipe Tips

This cake looks good any way you hack into it. It’s a great cake for the novice to begin with!
To create a different look to this cake, bake a 13x9-inch cake and decorate with more “equipment.”

Nutrition Facts

Nutrition facts are not available for this recipe