Festive Reindeer Cake
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Updated Oct 10, 2014
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.
Festive Reindeer Cake
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- Prep Time 35 min
- Total 4 hr 10 min
- Ingredients 7
- Servings 12
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
Instructions
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Step1Heat 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.
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Step2Cover 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.
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Step3Cut 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.
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Step4Decorate 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
560
Calories
23g
Total Fat
3g
Protein
86g
Total Carbohydrate
63g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 560
- Calories from Fat
- 210
- Total Fat
- 23g
- 35%
- Saturated Fat
- 6g
- 30%
- Cholesterol
- 55mg
- 18%
- Sodium
- 430mg
- 18%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 86g
- 29%
- Dietary Fiber
- 2g
- 8%
- Sugars
- 63g
- Protein
- 3g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 0%
- 0%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 0%
- 0%
- Iron
- 6%
- 6%
Exchanges:
1 Starch; 4 1/2 Fruit; 5 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 4 1/2 Fat;
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