Flip-Flops Cake

Print out this template and use it as a guide to cutting and assembling your flip-flops. 

Ingredients

• 1 box Betty Crocker® SuperMoist® yellow cake mix
• Water, vegetable oil and eggs called for on cake mix box
• Tray or cardboard, covered with wrapping paper and plastic food wrap or foil
• 2 containers Betty Crocker® Whipped vanilla frosting
• Betty Crocker® assorted gel food colors
• About 40 small round candy-coated fruit-flavored chewy candies
• 1 roll Betty Crocker® Fruit by the Foot® chewy fruit snack (from 4.5-oz box)
• 2 edible pansy or silk daisy flowers 

 

1. Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or nonstick pans). Grease or spray bottom and sides of 13x9-inch pan. Make and bake cake as directed on box for 13x9-inch pan. Cool 10 minutes; remove from pan to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 1 hour. Refrigerate or freeze cake 1 hour or until firm.
2. In small bowl, mix 1 container frosting with food color to make desired color for sides of flip-flops. Reserve 1/3 cup frosting from second container. In small bowl, stir second food color into 1 cup of the remaining frosting to make desired color for top of flip-flops.
3. Using serrated knife, cut rounded top off cake to level surface; place cut side down. Cut cake lengthwise in half. Continue cutting each piece to form flip-flop shape as shown in diagram. Place pieces on tray. Spread a thin layer of frosting for "sides" over each entire flip-flop to seal in crumbs. Refrigerate or freeze cake 30 to 60 minutes to set frosting. Frost sides of flip-flops with the same remaining frosting. Frost tops of flip-flops with second color frosting.
4. Tint remaining 1/3 cup frosting with food color. To pipe frosting around top edge of flip-flops, spoon tinted frosting into small resealable food-storage plastic freezer bag and cut small tip off 1 bottom corner of bag. Pipe zigzag design. Place small candies around side edge of each flip-flop to look like jewels. Cut two 6-inch pieces from fruit roll; cut pieces lengthwise in half. Arrange on flip-flops for straps. Just before serving, top with flowers. Store loosely covered. 

via:  http://www.bettycrocker.com/recipes/flip-flops-cake/c7a5c9c1-1978-4871-b275-38a1240358db