Birthday

For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son,that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal live. John 3:16 (NIV)

INGREDIENTS:

One Cake Mix of your choice
Two Containers Prepared Chocolate Frosting
Black McCormick® Assorted Fall Food Colors
Candy Corn & Black Licorice Strings
One Pretzel
Cake Board

METHOD:

1. Bake two 8 or 9 inch cake layers as directed. Remove from pans and let cool completely. While you’re waiting, make a cake board to display your beautiful cake creation.

2. Freeze the layers for about ½ hr. prior to frosting. This will make them less crumbly and easier to frost. Just place them in large resealable bags and place on a cookie sheet in the freezer.

3. Mark a circle around one of the cake layers about 1 inch in from cake edge and cut at marking. Remove the inner circle and set aside. This will be the cat's head. Save the outer cake remnant to form the tail, ears and feet.

4. Prepare black frosting by adding food coloring from the McCormick® Assorted Fall Food Colors to the chocolate frosting until the desired color is achieved. (Use about 3-4 drops food coloring for each 1/2 cup of frosting.)

5. Position the large and small layers on your cake board to resemble kitty’s head and body. Frost both layers, swirling to give a furry effect. The cut layer (head) will require more frosting to cover the open sides.

6. Cut pointy ears and feet from the cake remnants and place on top and bottom of cake. Next, cut and position the tail, making a bend in the middle.

Frost tail, ears and feet and attach to head and body with frosting.

7. Add black cat's eyes and nose made of candy corn. Cut the pointy ends from 6-8 candy corns to make the cat's toenails. Use the bottom rounded portion of the pretzel to make black cat's mouth. Add a few black licorice strings to each side for whiskers.

View the finished Black Cat Cake!!!

Variation: Make a White Kitty Cake with white cake and frosting.

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