Rubber Ducky Cake

This rubber ducky cake is perfect for any occasion!

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ingredients 11
Prep Time 60 min
Total Time 2 hr 40 min

Ingredients

CAKE

1: (18.25-oz.) pkg. pudding-included yellow cake mix

1 1/4: cups water

1/3: cup oil

2: eggs

FROSTING

1: (16-oz.) can vanilla frosting

: Yellow, red and blue icing colors (not liquid food color)

EQUIPMENT AND DECORATIONS

: Toothpicks

1: (6-inch) bamboo skewer

2: blue candy-coated chocolate pieces

: Black decorating icing

2: wedge-shaped grapefruit jelly candies or large yellow gumdrops

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Directions

1 Heat oven to 350°F. Grease and flour 1 1/2-quart ovenproof bowl, two 10-oz. custard cups and one 6-oz. custard cup. In large bowl, combine all cake ingredients; beat at low speed until moistened. Beat 2 minutes at medium speed. Pour 1/2 cup batter into each greased and floured 10-oz. custard cup and 1/3 cup batter into 6-oz. cup; pour remaining batter into greased and floured bowl. Place bowl in oven first, then custard cups.
2 Bake at 350°F. until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Bake cakes in custard cups for 20 to 25 minutes; bake cake in bowl for 50 to 55 minutes. Cool cakes in cups and bowl for 15 minutes. Remove cakes from cups and bowl; place on wire racks. Cool 30 minutes or until completely cooled.
3 Reserve 1/2 cup white frosting for water; reserve about 1 teaspoon white frosting for eyes. Place remaining frosting in medium bowl. Add enough yellow icing color for desired yellow color; blend well. Reserve 3 tablespoons yellow frosting for beak.
4 Trim tops of all cup cakes so that top is flat. Cut about 1 inch off flat side of bowl cake; reserve for later use. Place bowl cake, flat side down, on platter or foil-covered cardboard for body of duck. Cut 6-oz. cup cake in half crosswise to form 2 wing pieces. With toothpicks, attach wing pieces to side of rounded cake.
5 Spread small amount of yellow frosting on flat side of one 10-oz. cup cake; place second cup cake, flat side against frosting, to form head. With bamboo skewer, attach "head" to "body." From reserved 1-inch-thick piece, cut two 1-inch triangles for tail piece. Place small amount of yellow frosting on 1 triangle. Place triangles together; attach to "body."
6 Frost cake with yellow frosting. Spread 1/2 teaspoon white frosting on each side of head for eye; place blue candy in center. Outline "eye" with black decorating icing.
7 Add red icing color to reserved 3 tablespoons yellow frosting to make desired orange color; blend well. To make beak, use wedge-shaped jelly candies. Or, flatten large gumdrops and cut into two 1 1/2-inch triangles; insert toothpick into short side of each triangle. Frost candies or triangles with orange frosting. Position on cake for beak.
8 Add blue icing color to reserved 1/2 cup white frosting to make desired blue color; blend well. Frost platter around "duck" with blue frosting to resemble water. Remove toothpicks and skewer from cake before serving.

Nutrition Information

NUTRITION INFORMATION PER SERVING

Serving Size: 1 Serving

Calories: 410
Calories from Fat: 150),

% Daily Value

Total Fat: 17g; 17%
(Saturated Fat 4g, 4% ),
Cholesterol: 35mg; 35%;
Sodium: 370mg; 370%;
Total Carbohydrate: 61g; 61%
(Dietary Fiber 0g 0% Sugars 45g 45% ),
Protein: 2g; 2%

% Daily Value*:

Vitamin A: 0%;
Vitamin C: 0%;
Calcium: 8%;
Iron: 6%;

Exchanges:

1 Starch; 3 Fruit; 4 Other Carbohydrate; 3 1/2 Fat;

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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Kisosen

report Posted Jun. 15, 2011 7:03 AM

I have made this cake dozens of times (from 2000-2011). I often use blue M&Ms for the eyes, placed on the head when freshly frosted so they stick without using extra frosting, and then I don't use the black icing to draw eyelashes, etc. Then for the beak I always try to buy orange fruit slices (instead of the grapefruit mentioned in the recipe); I cut triangles out of two of them (stacked on top of each other so they are the same size) and then frosting is optional, because the beak is already bright orange. When I cannot find the candied fruit slices/wedges, I try to use gumdrops rolled flat.