Inchworm Cake

Name: Inchworm Cake
Prep time: 30 min
Total time: 2 h 28 min
Yield: 16
Ingredients: 1 box Betty Crocker™ Super Moist™ Yellow Cake Mix (or your favorite flavor); Water, vegetable oil and eggs called for on cake mix box; 8 drops green food color; 1 1/2 tubs (16 oz) Betty Crocker™ Rich & Creamy Vanilla Frosting; Tray or cardboard (19x14 inches), covered with wrapping paper and plastic food wrap or foil; 5 M&M's® chocolate candies; 2 vanilla wafer cookies; 2 small pretzel sticks; 24 gumdrops

Ingredients:9
Servings:16

By Betty Crocker Kitchens(Opens in a new tab)Updated 10/04/2022

Inchworm Cake

Ingredients:9
Servings:16

Inch your way into a fun celebration with an easy-to-make and fun-to-eat cake!

Inchworm Cake

Prep time:30 min
Total time:2 hr 28 min
Ingredients:9
Servings:16

Ingredient

1 box Betty Crocker™ Super Moist™ Yellow Cake Mix (or your favorite flavor)
Water, vegetable oil and eggs called for on cake mix box
8 drops green food color
1 1/2 tubs (16 oz) Betty Crocker™ Rich & Creamy Vanilla Frosting
Tray or cardboard (19x14 inches), covered with wrapping paper and plastic food wrap or foil
5 M&M's® chocolate candies
2 vanilla wafer cookies
2 small pretzel sticks
24 gumdrops

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Instructions

Step 1
Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or nonstick pan). Make, bake and cool cake as directed on box for 12-cup fluted tube cake pan.

Step 2
Cut cake as shown in diagram. (See link below for diagram.) Freeze pieces uncovered 1 hour for easier frosting. Stir food color into frosting. Arrange cake pieces on tray to form inchworm. Frost cake, attaching pieces with frosting.

Step 3
Attach one M&M's™ chocolate candy to each vanilla wafer with frosting; attach to end of cake for eyes. Press 3 candies into frosting for mouth. Gently push 1 pretzel stick into flat end of gumdrop; repeat. Insert pretzels stick into cake for antennae. Arrange remaining gumdrops along edge for feet. Store loosely covered.

Recipe Tips

Paste food color will produce more vividly colored frosting.
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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