Igloo Cake

11 ingredients
1 steps

Ingredients

  • Unsalted butter, for the pans
  • All-purpose flour, for the pans
  • 1 18 .25-ounce box yellow cake mix (plus required ingredients)
  • 1 pound white chocolate, chopped
  • 1 8 -ounce container white sanding sugar
  • 2 16 -ounce tubs vanilla frosting
  • 2 drops neon blue food coloring
  • 1 cake doughnut, halved
  • 4 drops green food coloring
  • 3 sugar ice cream cones
  • Confectioners' sugar, for dusting

Directions

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    ["Butter and flour an 8-inch-round cake pan and a 1.5-quart ovenproof bowl.", "Make the cake batter; divide between the pan and the bowl.", "Bake at 350 degrees F until a toothpick comes out clean, about 35 minutes for the pan, 40 to 45 minutes for the bowl.", "Let cool, then unmold the cakes onto a rack.", "Microwave the white chocolate at 50% power in 15-second intervals, stirring, until melted, about 2 minutes.", "Pour onto a parchment paper-lined baking sheet and spread to 1/4 inch thick with an offset spatula.", "Sprinkle with the sanding sugar.", "Chill until set, about 10 minutes.", "Remove the chocolate from the refrigerator.", "Break most of it into rough 1/2-to-1-inch pieces to form the ice that covers the igloo.", "Use a paring knife to cut a few even 1/2-inch tiles from the remaining chocolate (these are for the tunnel entrance).", "Assemble the igloo: Mix 2 1/2 cups frosting with the blue food coloring.", "Spread some blue frosting on the flat cake, then cover with the bowl-shaped cake.", "Spread some frosting on the cake where you want the tunnel to go, then attach a doughnut half, cut-side down.", "Attach the other half with frosting to extend the tunnel.", "Cover the entire cake with a thin layer of blue frosting (this is called a \"crumb coat

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