wheely delicious cake

Anderson, SC
Updated on May 5, 2013

the kids love this cake it's good but real time comsuming

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Ingredients

  • 16 ounces cake mix, yellow
  • 1 cup vanilla or white chocolate chips
  • 4 tablespoons butter
  • 10 ounces marshmallows
  • - orange and red paste food coloring
  • 7 cups rice cereal
  • 12.4 ounces twizzler rainbow twists
  • 2 boxes 7 ozs each runts
  • 16 ounces vanilla frosting
  • 2 large red gum drops
  • 1 bag mini lollipops
  • - blue paper cupcake liners
  • 4 - wooden skewers

How To Make wheely delicious cake

  • Step 1
    Preheat oven to 350. Grease and flour a 11/2 quart oven proof pyrex bowl. Prepare cake mix according to package directions. Pour batter into prepared bowl and smooth top.
  • Step 2
    Bake 400-50 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into center comes up clean. Let cool 15 minutes in bowl then invert onto wire rack and allow to cool completely. In a small microwave safe bowl melt 1/2 cup white chocolate chips until smooth.
  • Step 3
    Line the bottom of a 9-inch round cake pan with wax paper. Grease sides well and set aside. Combine butter and marshmallows in a large microwave safe bowl.
  • Step 4
    Microwave until melted 1-2 minutes stirring occasionally. Tint mixture bright orange with food coloring. Stir in rice cereal and melted white chocolate until well blended.
  • Step 5
    Spoon mixture into prepared pan and press it down evenly. Refrigerate for 30 minutes or until firm.
  • Step 6
    Remove cereal treat from cake pan. Cut twizzlers into 12-41/2 inch pieces. Microwave remaining white chocolate chips until smooth about 1 minute. Spoon melted chocolate chips into a small resalable bag.
  • Step 7
    Snip a small piece from the corner of bag and pipe lines of chocolate to attach twizzler pieces. Then pipe white chocolate dots near the edge and attach runts in a decorative pattern.
  • Step 8
    Refrigerate until candies are set about 5 minutes. Carefully flip cereal treat and repeat on other side. Reheat chocolate if necessary. Attach a gumdrop to the center of each side of cereal treat with chocolate.
  • Step 9
    Tint vanilla frosting red with food coloring. Place cake rounded side up on a serving platter. Cut a 2-inch wide by 3-inch long by 1-inch deep notch from top of cake to rest wheel in.
  • Step 10
    Ice cake with red frosting and orange and green runts around base.
  • Step 11
    Insert about 5 lollipops trough each cupcake liner using the sticks to attach liners to cereal treat.
  • Step 12
    Insert skewers about a 1/2-inch apart into bottom edge of cereal treat leaving 3 inches showing. Stand wheel and insert skewers into notch of frosted cake press to secure.

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