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Knight's Castle Cake

Knight's Castle Cake

Ingredients:10
Servings:12

By Betty Crocker Kitchens(Opens in a new tab)Updated 05/20/2022

Knight's Castle Cake

Ingredients:10
Servings:12

What could be more exciting than celebrating with a decorated castle cake! The baking pan makes it easy.

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Knight's Castle Cake

Prep time:45 min
Total time:2 hr 35 min
Ingredients:10
Servings:12

Knight's Castle Cake

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Ingredient

1 box Betty Crocker™ Super Moist™ Yellow Cake Mix
Water, vegetable oil and eggs called for on cake mix box
Blue food color
1 tub (12 oz) Betty Crocker™ Whipped Fluffy White Frosting
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
4 gumdrops
4 Betty Crocker™ Fruit by the Foot™ chewy fruit-flavored snacks (from variety pack of different colors)
1/4 cup multicolored small goldfish-shaped crackers
Rock candy, if desired
1/2 bar milk chocolate candy, with or without almonds, if desired

Instructions

Step 1
Heat oven to 325°F. Generously grease Nordic Ware® Castle Bundt® cake pan with shortening and lightly flour, or spray pan with baking spray with flour.

Step 2
Make cake batter as directed on box. Pour batter into pan.

Step 3
Bake 33 to 43 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center of cake comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes. Using a long serrated knife, trim cake even with top of pan, if necessary. Turn pan upside down onto cooling rack; remove pan. Cool completely, about 1 hour.

Step 4
Place cake on 12- to 15-inch serving plate, tray or piece of cardboard covered with foil. Stir 8 to 10 drops blue food color into frosting. Spread frosting around base of cake to look like water. Sprinkle brown sugar around frosting on plate to look like sand.

Step 5
Place gumdrops on top of each tower. Cut long flag-shaped pieces out of fruit snack with sharp knife or kitchen scissors. Roll fruit snack around 4 toothpicks to make flags; insert toothpicks into gumdrops. Arrange crackers and rock candy in frosting, and add chocolate bar, upside down, for drawbridge as shown. Store loosely covered.

Recipe Tips

You can bake and freeze the cake before your big celebration. Tightly cover unfrosted cake and freeze for up to 2 months. Thaw and decorate the day before your celebration.
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

Nutrition facts are not available for this recipe