Festive Watermelon Cake

11 ingredients
11 steps

Ingredients

  • 1 (18 ounce) box white cake mix
  • 1 13 cups water
  • 12 cup water
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 (1/8 ounce) packetwatermelon cherry Kool-Aid
  • 12 cup mini chocolate chip, plus
  • 2 tablespoons mini chocolate chips (the regular ones are too big)
  • 1 (12 ounce) containerwhipped vanilla frosting
  • 23 cup watermellon jelly beans (I use Jelly Belly)
  • 10 -20 drops green food coloring
  • 10 -20 drops red food coloring

Directions

  1. 1
    Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  2. 2
    Grease the bottoms only of 2-8 or 9-inch round cake pans.
  3. 3
    In a large bowl, beat cake mix, oil, water, eggs, and kool-aid together on low for 30 seconds, 2 minutes on medium speed.
  4. 4
    Stir in 1/2 cup of the mini chocolate chips and divide the batter between the two pans.
  5. 5
    Bake about 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
  6. 6
    Cool for 10 minutes in pans, then remove to wire racks to cool completely, 1 hour.
  7. 7
    In a small bowl, stir 1 cup of frosting with the green food coloring.
  8. 8
    Color the remaining frosting with the red food coloring.
  9. 9
    Frost the sides of the cake with the green frosting and the top with the red.
  10. 10
    Press the jelly beans into the sides of the cake and the 2 tablespoons chocolate chips on the top.
  11. 11
    Store covered loosely at room temperature.

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