Life's A Beach Cake

Recipe courtesy Sandra Lee

Show: Semi-Homemade Cooking with Sandra LeeEpisode: Beach Bash

Rated: 2 stars out of 5Rate itRead users' reviews (31)

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COMMENTS & REVIEWS(31)

Prep Time:
15 min
Level:
Easy
Yield:
8 servings

Times:

Prep: 15 min
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Total:: 15 min

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Ingredients

1 purchased angel food cake
10 large marshmallows
2 containers vanilla frosting
Blue food coloring
1/2 cup sweetened flaked coconut

Special Equipment:

Pastry bag; large star tip, 3 paper umbrellas, jellied octopus candy, chocolate seashell candy

Directions

Place cake, wide side down, on serving platter. Fill hole in center of cake with marshmallows. Spread 1 1/2 containers of frosting evenly over top of sides of cake to coat completely. Stir food coloring, I drop at a time, into remaining 1/2 container of frosting until desired color is achieved. Transfer blue-colored frosting to pastry bag fitted with star tip. Pipe thick line of frosting around base of cake. Starting at base of cake and swirling in semicircular upward motion, drag wooden skewer through blue-colored frosting to form wave design. Arrange umbrellas on top. Arrange jellied candy octopus and chocolate seashells decoratively on cake. Sprinkle coconut around the base of cake.

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Comments & Reviews

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Anonymous 06-19-2007
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Very Disappointing
Rated: 2 stars out of 5

The cake tasted terribel and was a lot fo work to make. Kids hated it.
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DEBBIE ROCHESTER, NY 08-31-2006
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angel food cake hard to cut
Rated: 1 stars out of 5

especially with all the glop on it this is the same cake she always makes maybe some new ideas are in order
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Anonymous 08-23-2006
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revolting
Rated: 1 stars out of 5

I don't know how anyone could like this cake. We tried it and the taste was simply dreadful.
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Anonymous 08-13-2006
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Yummy
Rated: 4 stars out of 5

I thought this cake was veryyy good. I loved it and so did my kids. I dont know why so many people didnt like it, but I did.... It was easy make and just good.Read more
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Anonymous 07-25-2006
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Cake tasted Horrid
Rated: 1 stars out of 5

What a horrorshow of a cake. This is the first I've tried. I hope they are all not like this!
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Anonymous 07-08-2006
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A ridiculous amount of work and the cake tasted crappy
Rated: 1 stars out of 5

That says it all, I guess.