Birdhouse Cake

9 ingredients
17 steps

Ingredients

  • 1 pkg. (2-layer size) yellow cake mix
  • 1 pkg. (4-serving size) Jell-O Vanilla Instant Pudding
  • 1/2 cup butter, softened
  • 1/4 cup milk
  • 2 tsp. vanilla
  • 4 cups icing sugar
  • 2-2/3 cups sweetened shredded coconut, divided
  • yellow, red and blue food colouring
  • decorations: 1 large flat gumdrop candy, 3 small assorted candies

Directions

  1. 1
    Cover bottom of 13x9-inch pan with waxed paper; spray bottom and sides of pan with cooking spray.
  2. 2
    Prepare cake batter as directed on package; blend in dry pudding mix.
  3. 3
    Pour into prepared pan.
  4. 4
    Bake as directed on package for 13x9-inch cake.
  5. 5
    Cool cake in pan 10 min.
  6. 6
    ; invert onto wire rack.
  7. 7
    Remove pan and waxed paper; cool cake completely.
  8. 8
    Cut cake as shown in Diagram 1.
  9. 9
    Arrange on tray or large platter as shown in Diagrams 2 and 3 , turning piece B onto its side so it is higher than piece A, and placing pieces C and D over pieces E and F to form raised peak of roof, trimming corners of C and D where they meet at peak.
  10. 10
    Beat butter, milk and vanilla with mixer until blended.
  11. 11
    Gradually beat in sugar until blended.
  12. 12
    Reserve 1/4 cup frosting; frost cake with remaining frosting.
  13. 13
    Sprinkle 1/2 cup coconut onto centre of birdhouse.
  14. 14
    Tint 1/2 cup of the remaining coconut with a few drops yellow food colouring; sprinkle over bottom edge of house.
  15. 15
    Tint remaining coconut with a few drops each of the red and blue food colouring; sprinkle over roof.
  16. 16
    Tint reserved frosting as desired; pipe onto cake to resemble bird.
  17. 17
    Add decorations to resemble photo.

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