Racetrack Cake

Name: Racetrack Cake
Ingredients: 2 (9 inch) round baked cake; 3 cups white icing; 1 -2 cup chocolate cookie crumb, finely crushed; 1 -2 cup green sprinkles (tinted with green gel coloring) or 1 -2 cup green-tinted shredded coconut (tinted with green gel coloring); white Good & Plenty candies; checkered paper or ribbon; 2 toothpicks; tape (and new toy cars washed with soap and water)

8 ingredients

5 steps

Ingredients

2 (9 inch) round baked cake
3 cups white icing
1 -2 cup chocolate cookie crumb, finely crushed
1 -2 cup green sprinkles (tinted with green gel coloring) or 1 -2 cup green-tinted shredded coconut (tinted with green gel coloring)
white Good & Plenty candies
checkered paper or ribbon
2 toothpicks
tape (and new toy cars washed with soap and water)

Directions

1

Cut a small semicircular notch from one cake, then position the cakes as shown and cover them with the white icing.
2

Place a small bowl in the center of each cake and sprinkle cookie crumbs around it to create the track.
3

Remove the bowls and sprinkle sprinkles onto each icing circle, then press the remaining sprinkles onto the sides of the cake for grass.
4

Lay a white Good & Plenty dotted line along the track and use a pastry bag to pipe a white icing border around the edge of the cake.
5

Create racing flags by taping small squares of the paper or ribbon to the toothpicks and place them on the track along with the race cars.