Happy Birthday Balloon Cake Recipe

Ingredients

1

                        box (15.25 oz) Betty Crocker™ Super Moist™ Yellow Cake Mix (or your favorite flavor)

Water, vegetable oil and eggs called for on cake mix box

1 1/2

                        tubs (16 oz) Betty Crocker™ Rich & Creamy Creamy White Frosting or 1 1/2 tubs (12 oz) Betty Crocker™ Whipped Fluffy White Frosting

Betty Crocker™ Cake Patterns Trace & Decorate

Betty Crocker™ Decorating Tips variety pack

Betty Crocker™ Decorating Icings (white, red, green, purple, orange)

Preparation

Heat oven to 350°F. Grease bottoms only of 2 (8-inch) round pans with shortening or cooking spray.

Make cake batter as directed on box. Pour batter evenly into pans. Bake as directed on box for 8-inch pans. Cool 10 minutes. Run knife around sides of pans to loosen cakes; remove from pans to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 1 hour.

Place 1 cake layer, bottom side up, on serving plate. Spread with 1/2 cup white frosting. Top with second cake layer, bottom side down. Spread frosting evenly on side and top of cake, smoothing surface flat. Set aside about 1 hour or until frosting is dry and firm.

Decorate cake as directed on Cake Patterns Trace & Decorate package, using the Happy Birthday Balloon template, Decorating Tips and Decorating Icings. Store loosely covered at room temperature.

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