"carrot Patch" Chocolate Cake
"I found this on Pinterest and decided to make it for Carnival Night at my son's school and it got rave reviews. It's just a simple chocolate cake with some very creative toppings that make it look adorable and it's a great cake to use for celebrating Spring or Easter! (Total time does not include cooling time on the cake)"
photo by PSU Lioness
- Ready In:
- 1hr 5mins
- Ingredients:
- 12
- Serves:
-
12
ingredients
- 1 (18 1/4 ounce) box chocolate cake mix (I used Betty Crocker Supermoist Milk Chocolate but any chocolate cake mix would work. Instructions a)
- 3 eggs
- 1 1⁄4 cups water
- 1⁄3 cup canola oil
- 1⁄2 cup chocolate chips
- cooking spray
- 1 (16 ounce) can chocolate frosting (I used Duncan Hines Milk Chocolate Frosting)
- 1⁄2 cup Oreo cookie crumbs (more or less depending on the size of your cake)
- 12 marshmallows
- 12 ounces white chocolate candy melts (Wilton makes them)
- 3 -4 drops orange gel food coloring (must be gel)
- candy, grass (It is called "Edible Easter Grass." Get the green stuff. I found mine at Walmart in the seasonal Eas)
directions
- Preheat oven to 350.
- In a large mixing bowl, combine the cake mix, eggs, water and oil. Blend with hand mixer until batter is smooth.
- Stir in chocolate chips.
- Spray a 9x13" cake pan with non-stick cooking spray and pour the batter into the pan.
- Bake according to package directions (usually 30-35 minutes for a 9x13 cake).
- While cake is baking, place the white baking chips into a small saucepan and begin stirring them over Medium-Low heat on the stove (or follow the instructions on the bag).
- When they are almost melted, add a few drops of orange gel food coloring to the mixture. Continue stirring until all candy is melted and it is all orange.
- NOTE: I tried this before with liquid food coloring and the candy coating hardened immediately. I did not have this problem with gel coloring. If you can find orange candy melts, you can use them and skip this step.
- Skewer the marshmallows with toothpicks and roll them around in the melted candy until they are covered. You only need to do the top and sides.
- Allow excess chocolate to drip off and poke the toothpicks into a piece of thick styrofoam (or through the top of a shoe box like I did). You can also remove the toothpicks and place them on a parchment paper lined cookie sheet.
- Place in fridge until the candy is set (about 10 minutes).
- By this point, the cake should be about done baking. Remove from oven and allow to cool while you finish the marshmallow carrots.
- Remove the marshmallows from the fridge and use a tooth pick to poke 3 small holes very close to each other in the middle of the top of each marshmallow.
- Using the toothpick, push 1 piece of edible Easter grass into each hole to create the carrot tops. Set aside until cake is cool enough to add the icing.
- When cake is cool, icing it with the can of frosting (or your favorite recipe).
- Remove the marshmallows from toothpicks and gently press them down into the frosting until you feel the cake "give" a little. I made 3 rows with 4 "carrots" in each row.
- Sprinkle the Oreo crumbs over the chocolate frosting to create the look of dirt. Dust crumbs off of the carrot tops if any land there while sprinkling.
- You are finished!
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PSU Lioness
Coal Township, Pennsylvania
The most defining trait in my life is that I am a mother to two wonderful boys (Tyler, 20 and Zayden, 9). I live in the little college town of Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania. It is the most wonderful place to live as it's nestled in the Appalachian Mountains and along the beautiful Susquehanna River.
Seeing that we live in Central Pennsylvania, our family is also a bunch of HARDCORE Penn State Nittany Lion fans! We are...PENN STATE! I was lucky enough to be given tickets to see Joe Paterno win his 400th game as the head coach of the football team. I cried like I did when my children were born.
The other love of my life is cooking. I didn't really start trying to cook until I was 20, but believe me I have made up for lost time! I absolutely adore baking and I do it whenever I can. I love making Christmas cookies and I have begun hosting our extended families at our home for Thanksgiving and Easter dinners. So far so good.
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