Fire Engine Cake

Name: Fire Engine Cake
Prep time: 1 h 20 min
Total time: 3 h 5 min
Yield: 12
Ingredients: 1 box Betty Crocker™ Super Moist™ Devil's Food Cake Mix or 1 box Betty Crocker™ Super Moist™ Yellow Cake Mix; Water, vegetable oil and eggs called for on cake mix box; Platter, tray or cardboard (14x10 inches), covered with wrapping paper and plastic food wrap or foil; 2 tubs (16 oz) Betty Crocker™ Rich & Creamy Vanilla Frosting; Black food color; Betty Crocker™ red gel food color; 10 red chewy fruit-flavored gumdrops (not sugar coated); 6 yellow chewy fruit-flavored gumdrops (not sugar coated); 4 Oreo chocolate creme sandwich cookies; 2 pieces black licorice coil

Ingredients:10
Servings:12

By Betty Crocker Kitchens(Opens in a new tab)Updated 10/18/2022

Fire Engine Cake

Ingredients:10
Servings:12

Create five-alarm excitement with a fire engine cake!

Fire Engine Cake

Prep time:1 hr 20 min
Total time:3 hr 5 min
Ingredients:10
Servings:12

Ingredient

Cake

1 box Betty Crocker™ Super Moist™ Devil's Food Cake Mix or 1 box Betty Crocker™ Super Moist™ Yellow Cake Mix
Water, vegetable oil and eggs called for on cake mix box
Platter, tray or cardboard (14x10 inches), covered with wrapping paper and plastic food wrap or foil

Frosting and Decorations

2 tubs (16 oz) Betty Crocker™ Rich & Creamy Vanilla Frosting
Black food color
Betty Crocker™ red gel food color
10 red chewy fruit-flavored gumdrops (not sugar coated)
6 yellow chewy fruit-flavored gumdrops (not sugar coated)
4 Oreo chocolate creme sandwich cookies
2 pieces black licorice coil

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View/Print the diagram here. (PDF)(Opens in a new tab)

Instructions

Step 1
Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or nonstick pans). Grease or spray bottoms and sides of three 8x4-inch loaf pans.

Step 2
Make cake batter as directed on box. Divide batter evenly among pans. Bake 27 to 34 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes. Remove cakes from pans; place rounded sides up on cooling racks. Cool completely, about 1 hour.

Step 3
Spoon 1/2 cup of the frosting into small bowl; stir in enough black food color to make gray. Place 1/2 cup of the remaining white vanilla frosting in small resealable plastic freezer bag; cut small tip off 1 corner of bag. Spoon remaining white vanilla frosting into large bowl; stir in enough red food color until desired red color.

Step 4
Trim rounded tops from each cake to make flat surface. Cut cakes and arrange pieces on platter as shown in diagram, attaching pieces with thin layer of red frosting, to form fire engine. (See link below for diagram.) Spread thin layer of red frosting over entire cake to seal in crumbs. For easier handling, refrigerate or freeze cake 30 to 60 minutes.

Step 5
Frost area between cab and back of engine with gray frosting. Place remaining gray frosting in small resealable plastic freezer bag; cut small tip off 1 corner of bag. Frost remaining fire engine with red frosting. Pipe on windshield, windows and ladder with white frosting. Trim and discard thin slice (about 1/8 inch) off bottoms of 4 red and 4 yellow gumdrops; attach trimmed gumdrops for headlights and taillights with white frosting. Attach remaining gumdrops on top of engine for lights. For wheels, pipe 1/2-inch circle of gray frosting on center of each cookie for hubcap; attach wheels to cake. Attach licorice coils on sides of cake for hoses.

Step 6
Pipe gray frosting around wheels and bottom edge of engine. For bumpers, pipe 1 or 2 lines of gray frosting on front and back of engine. Store loosely covered.

Recipe Tips

Get a party menu, prep guide, tips, party games, activities and more for a Firehouse Birthday Party!
Do you need to bake cake in batches? Just cover and refrigerate batter in the mixing bowl while the first batch is baking. An extra minute or two for baking the second batch may be needed.
Create an attractive display by covering a piece of sturdy cardboard with wrapping paper, then plastic food wrap. Stretch and secure with tape. Or cover cardboard with foil or cooking parchment paper.

Nutrition Facts

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Recipe Tips

Get a party menu, prep guide, tips, party games, activities and more for a Firehouse Birthday Party!

Do you need to bake cake in batches? Just cover and refrigerate batter in the mixing bowl while the first batch is baking. An extra minute or two for baking the second batch may be needed.

Create an attractive display by covering a piece of sturdy cardboard with wrapping paper, then plastic food wrap. Stretch and secure with tape. Or cover cardboard with foil or cooking parchment paper.

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