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cakes for kids Little Red Barn Cake Prep Time: 30 Minutes Start to Finish: 2 Hours 40 Minutes Servings: 12 Cake from pan to cooling rack. Peel off waxed paper. Cool completely, about 45 minutes. Freeze cake 30 minutes or until very firm. 4. Place cake on cutting board. Cut roof line and around silo as shown in diagram. Carefully transfer cake to covered tray or cardboard. 5. Stir red icing color into 1 container of the frosting to make desired red color. Frost barn and silo—except for upper rounded section—with red frosting. Make vertical lines over cake with rubber spatula to look like boards. 6. Place 2 crackers side by side on barn for doors. Place 1 cracker at an angle under peak of barn for window; press into frosting. Arrange pretzel sticks around window and door; make “X” on each door with remaining pretzel sticks. 7. Spoon ½ cup white frosting into decorating bag fitted with small star tip. Pipe white frosting along edge of roof and fill in top rounded section of silo. 8. In tightly covered container, shake coconut and green food color until coconut is evenly tinted. Arrange coconut along bottom edge of cake for grass. Arrange shoestring potatoes in window and at bottom of cake for hay. Place animal crackers on cake above grass. Store loosely covered at room temperature. High altitude (3500-6500 ft): No change. Nutrition Information Per Serving: 1 ServINg: Calories 400 (Calories from Fat 150); Total Fat 17g (Saturated Fat 3.5g); Cholesterol 35mg; Sodium 380mg; Total Carbohydrate 59g (Dietary Fiber 0g); Protein 3g 1 1¼ 1 ⁄3 2 box Betty Crocker® SuperMoist® white cake mix cups water cup vegetable oil eggs Tray or cardboard (17x12 inches), covered FroSTing and deCoraTionS 1 to 2 teaspoons red paste icing color (not liquid food color) 1 container (1 lb) plus ½ cup Betty Crocker® Rich & Creamy vanilla frosting 3 rectangular buttery crackers About 8 pretzel sticks (3 inches long) Decorating bag with small star tip 2 tablespoons coconut 2 drops green food color 2 tablespoons shoestring potatoes (from 1.75-oz can) 3 or 4 animal crackers 1. Heat oven to 350°F for shiny metal pan (or 325°F for dark or nonstick pan). Spray bottom and sides of 15x10x1-inch pan with baking spray with flour. Line bottom of pan with waxed paper. Lightly spray paper with baking spray with flour. 2. In large bowl, beat cake mix, water, oil and eggs with electric mixer on low speed until moistened. Beat on medium speed 2 minutes. Pour into pan. 3. Bake 20 to 30 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool cake 5 minutes; remove Cut roof line and around silo. Tips » SPeCIal TouCh When the party’s over, send guests home with their own box of animal crackers. SuCCeSS hINT To ensure the barn turns out red instead of pink, we recommend using red food paste color and not red liquid food color. 14 Betty Crocker Birthday Parties

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Betty Crocker Birthday Parties
Contents
Birthday Party Menus
Cakes for Kids
Pirate Cake
Flip-Flops Cake
Little Deuce Coupe Cakes
Little Red Barn Cake
Castle Cake
Monkey Cake
Dinosaur Cake
Soccer Ball Cake
Cell Phone Cake
Building Blocks Cakes
Super Sour Cake
Teddy Bear Cupcakes
Goin’ Fishin’ Cupcakes
Polka Dot Cake
Bug Cupcakes
Cakes for Adults
Chocolate-Cherry Cola Cake
Deep Dark Mocha Torte
Key Lime-Coconut Angel Cake
Pink Almond Party Cake
Margarita Cake
Sailboat Cake
Purse Cake
Piña Colada Cupcakes
Pretty in Pink Cupcakes
Marshmallow Flower Cupcakes
Festive Appetizers
Open-Face Peanut Butter Nibbles
Brie and Cherry Pastry Cups
Sesame Toast-Vegetable Bites
Genoa Salami Stacks
Grilled Taco Nachos
Bacon, Lettuce and Tomato Dip
Surf and Turf Kabobs
Tropical Prosciutto Bites
Party Time Snack Mix
Caribbean Shrimp
Springtime Deviled Eggs
Party-Size Main Dishes
Baby Burgers
Chicken and Spinach-Stuffed Shells
Layered Chicken Salad
Turkey and Dried Cherry Salad
Large-Crowd Sloppy Joes
Beef and Pork Barbecue Sandwiches
Caesar Chicken Subs
Turkey-Cucumber-Dill Sandwiches
Ham and Cheese Tortilla Toll-Ups
Italian Country Sandwich
Twisted Pizza Dogs
Italian Chicken Fingers
Baby Back Ribs with Spicy Barbecue Sauce
Crispy Herbed Fish Fillets
Cheeseburger Pizza
Meatball Lasagna
Creamy Chicken Lasagna
Turkey-Green Chile Enchiladas
Burgundy Beef Stew
Do-Ahead Chicken-Leek Strata
Celebratory Sides & Drinks
Dill-Potato Salad
Creamy Coleslaw
Mixed Greens Salad with Warm Walnut Dressing
Strawberry-Melon-Spinach Salad
Taos Tumble Salad
Garden Medley Salad
Tortellini, Broccoli and Bacon Salad
Picnic Pasta Salad
Raspberry-Mint-Marshmallow Crème Dip
Cheesy Texas Toast
Citrus-Macadamia Nut Bread
Sparkling Raspberry Lemonade
Cosmo Slush
Frozen Strawberry Margaritas
Nutrition and Recipe Testing Guidelines
Index

Betty Crocker Birthday Parties