Festive Reindeer Cake

This is the kind of holiday dessert that evokes wonderful childhood memories and makes a big impression on adults. You make it in stages, so you could even spread the work over two days.

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  • ingredients 7
  • Prep Time 35 min
  • Total Time 4 hr 10 min

Ingredients

Cake

1
pkg. cake mix (any flavor)
Water
Oil
Eggs

Frosting and Decorations

1
(16-oz.) can milk chocolate or chocolate fudge frosting
1
(16-oz.) can vanilla frosting
Gumdrops and candy-coated chocolate pieces

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LOCATION

Directions

  • 1 Heat oven to 350°F. Grease and flour 13x9-inch pan. Prepare and bake cake mix as directed on package, using water, oil and eggs. Cool 15 minutes. Carefully invert cake onto wire rack. Cool 45 minutes or until completely cooled. Wrap; freeze 2 hours or until firm.
  • 2 Cover 17-inch square of heavy cardboard with foil. Reserve 2/3 cup chocolate frosting in small bowl; reserve 1 tablespoon chocolate frosting in resealable small plastic bag. In large bowl, combine remaining chocolate frosting and the vanilla frosting; blend well.
  • 3 Cut and assemble frozen cake pieces on foil-covered cardboard. Frost top and sides of head with chocolate-vanilla frosting mixture. Frost antlers with reserved 2/3 cup chocolate frosting.
  • 4 Decorate with gumdrops and candy-coated chocolate pieces for nose and eyes. Cut small corner off bag of reserved chocolate frosting; pipe eye lashes on reindeer.

Nutrition Information 

Nutrition Information

NUTRITION INFORMATION PER SERVING

Serving Size: 1 Serving
Calories
560
(
Calories from Fat
210),
% Daily Value
Total Fat
23g
23%
(Saturated Fat
6g,
6%
),
Cholesterol
55mg
55%;
Sodium
430mg
430%;
Total Carbohydrate
86g
86%
(Dietary Fiber
2g
2%
  Sugars
63g
63%
),
Protein
3g
3%
;
% Daily Value*:
Vitamin A
0%;
Vitamin C
0%;
Calcium
0%;
Iron
6%;
Exchanges:
1 Starch; 4 1/2 Fruit; 5 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 4 1/2 Fat;
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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