Ingredients
Layer Cake:
- 1 box moist butter cake mix
- 1 1/2 teaspoons marshmallow flavoring
Cupcakes:
- 1 box moist butter cake mix
- Cupcake liners
- 4 containers white buttercream frosting
- 6 teaspoons marshmallow flavoring
- Food coloring
- Plastic sandwich bags
Directions
For the layer cake:
Bake according to package directions to make 2 (9-inch) rounds.
For the Cupcakes:
Bake according to package directions to make 24 cupcakes.
Assembly:
Sandwich the 2 layer cakes together with 1/2 cup buttercream. Flatten top layer by cutting if necessary, then cover the sides and top with remaining pint of frosting. Smooth out top and sides. Place in refrigerator and let chill for 1 to 2 hours.
Divide remaining 2 pints of frosting into 4 bowls. Add 1 1/2 teaspoons marshmallow flavoring to each bowl. Mix blue, red, green and yellow food coloring in each bowl. Fill 4 small sandwich bags with about 1/2 cup of each color. Cut a small slit on 1 side of the bottom of each bag and lightly pipe varying sizes of dots on the layer cake. Frost cupcakes with remaining colored buttercream frosting. Arrange and stack the frosted cupcakes in a 3-level pyramid atop the cake. Construct the pyramid with 7 cupcakes on the bottom layer; 3 on the middle layer, and 1 cupcake on top.
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By alliechristy_78...
Parkville, MO
on July 03, 2007
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It was a huge hit. Everybody now has a favorite cake..of course I didn't tell them that it was semi-homemade :
By xmas114_6330380
Tewksbury, MA
on April 17, 2007
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This is a fun cake. Although it may not have a luxurious taste, it's colorful and fun to make with kids.
By sgoldburn_6359848
Marriottsville, MD
on March 04, 2007
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I made this for my daughter's 7th birthday. Everyone at the party thought it looked adorable. I used devil's food batter for the cupcakes though and yellow butter batter for the cake. That way our guests had more choice for desert than just 1 type of batter. Also, I didn't have any marshmallow extract. I ran out of time so I didn't pipe the cute swirls on the cake so I used those little sugared decorations (like jimmies that you buy in the baking isle and just sprinkled those very lightly on the cupcakes and cake.
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